The American Civil War was the first major conflict that was photographed extensively, bringing shocking and often horrific images to the front pages and into people's living rooms. Photography ...

In the last months of his life, serious doubts were raised about the alleged soldier's age and the claim that he fought in ...

location and funding for a monument that will be erected on the lawn of the South Carolina State House Sarah Kuta A recent exhibition shows how soldiers sent in votes during the Civil War and ...

Archival images of 16,000 photographs, taken from a total of 1 million pictures of the Civil War, along with period paintings, lithographs, and headlines, were combined with moving newsreel ...

The Civil War claimed over 750,000 soldiers ... eyes so they could enjoy the golden beams dancing in the infant ocean. One of the earliest images of an American trilobite. Charles Alexandre Lesueur, c ...

President Joseph R. Biden posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Union Army Soldiers Private Philip G. Shadrach and Private George D. Wilson, who were part of the "Great Locomotive Chase" and died ...

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As a new poll shows that more than a quarter of Americans believe civil war could break out after this year’s presidential election – the signs that the next one has already started are ...

The Civil War was a military, cultural, political, and economic milestone in American history. For four years the nation was in a bloody divide that extended from the East Coast to the pioneer West ...

This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War. National Museum of American History Old Glory flag National Museum of American History United States National 34-Star Flag ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Vol. 51, Issue. 3, p. 409. Civil War Settlers is the first comprehensive analysis of Scandinavian Americans and their participation in the US Civil ...