The 1,200-ton ship CSS Georgia was built in 1862, armored with strips of railroad iron and never fired a shot in combat after it was built to defend the Georgia coast in the Civil War.

Samuel Holmes Doten of Plymouth, Mass., was born June 5, 1812, so after the Civil War ended in 1865, he would joke that he “served in the infantry in the war of that date.” William Kendall ...

War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

On this spot: Two history buffs debunk the story of a famous Civil War photo. June 5, 2018. This photo of Confederate soldiers marching through Frederick, Md., was thought to have been taken in 1862.

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.

The photo was donated by McLean, Va., collector Tom Liljenquist, who has turned over 1,200 Civil War-era photos to the library in the past four years. Almost all are pictures of ordinary soldiers ...

While photographs of earlier conflicts exist, the Civil War was the first to be extensively documented through this then-nascent medium. Deborah Willis shared dozens of images of African American ...

Civil War re-enactors and Star Wars fans at the Ohio Statehouse on Sunday (April 10 , 2011). Jeff Hinckley/The Columbus Dispatch hide caption toggle caption ...

Civil War Soldier Photo. Download the Transcript. The Case: A Louisiana resident owns a Civil War photograph featuring a finely boned, slight-figured soldier.

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.