By using surviving artifacts, eyewitness testimony, accurately reproduced uniforms, original firearms and the thorough study ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters ... these “special artists,” or “specials,” were America’s first pictorial war correspondents. They were young men (none were women) from ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the ...

Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar The Historic ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

The Civil War (1861-1865 ... relic created by African American slaves and freedmen in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. They then research this unique art form and create four panel ...