The story behind Thomas O’Dea's harrowing drawing of the Confederates' Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Memorial Day events will be held at the site this weekend.

The cemetery housing the twelve Civil War heroes and their families was adopted by Vietnam veterans, who ensure the upkeep of ...

We've all seen photographs of the Civil War: black-and-white images of bearded Union generals ... "How they were able to look at the scenes of dead bodies and be calm enough to set up their ...

“It’s kind of in that area that shows the horrors of the Civil War,” Miller said. “I think it just symbolizes the incredible violence.” Black-and-White Postcard of Studio Portrait of Joe ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many ...

Yet Black people were prohibited from serving on juries, giving evidence against white people or going to ... as conditions during and after the Civil War were another matter for another article.