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 ...

Out of ammunition and fleeing enemy fire at the Battle of Gettysburg, 19-year-old Union Sgt. Warren H. Freeman came on a big, badly wounded Confederate officer who asked to be dragged to shelter ...

Amazing American Civil War photos turned into glorious color By Harrison Jacobs 2015-10-20T22:32:54Z ...

Click here to see 25 horrifying images of the Civil War. ... 1862 – the single bloodiest day in American history, with more than 22,000 casualties. ...

GRAPHIC photographs from the American Civil War capture the death and destruction of the nation’s bloodiest conflict. Harrowing images from the battle, which lasted from 1861-1865, show count… ...

Childs was later killed at the Battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day in American history. A total of 22,717 soldiers were either killed, injured, or missing in action that day.

Through a rich archive of forgotten Civil War-era photographs, historian Deborah Willis uncovers the often overlooked role of African American soldiers, cooks and medical workers.

This year begins the Civil War Sesquicentennial. It is a time when many reflect and relive the events of the last war that took place on American soil. In telling the Army’s Story “One Soldier ...

With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's beginning upon us, a plethora of photographs and exhibitions will bring out familiar images and reveal some new ones. As a photo historian, I'm ...

After the war, he took photographs and stereographs—twinned pictures that create a three-dimensional image when viewed with special goggles—of the American West and Panama. He died of ...

The Civil War is an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers if ...