The history buff started building model ships from scratch in the mid-1970s. His inspiration: a trip to Vicksburg, Miss. to see the USS Cairo – the first vessel sunk by a remotely detonated mine ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (July 31, 2013) -- Going to the Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus means letting go of some things you thought you knew about the American Civil War.

Melbourne marks 150 years since the arrival of a ship that "created havoc" during America's civil war, and recruited dozens of Australian men during its visit.