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.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

The Militia Act, passed by Congress in 1862, allowed free Black men and formerly enslaved men to fight for the U.S. during the Civil War. These soldiers ... sculptures and portraits, they brought ...

Photography was still relatively new in 1861 as the Civil War began ... formed a team to record images of the war. Besides shooting portraits of Union soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln on ...

In one of the earliest special operations in Army history, Union soldiers dressed as civilians ... But Bush never did. “The Civil War Medal of Honor is ancient history. Things moved in relevant ...

A small American flag marks the grave of a Civil War ... drawing visitors from around the globe, the visitor center now includes information about Black history, and a monument to Black soldiers ...

Cook (now Lauren Cook Wike) wrote in their book “They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War ... back home that painted a vivid portrait for us of that awful time.

and provide invaluable services in caring for wounded soldiers. Studio portrait of Dorothea Dix, superintendent of nurses for the Union during the American Civil War.Corbis via Getty Images The ...

More than 17,000 of them fought for the Union in the Civil War, including more than 5,500 Black soldiers, designated by the U.S. War Department in 1863 as United States Colored Troops. Vicksburg ...

“The superintendents and the museum curators — they said we didn’t fight in the Civil War,” Dukes said recently. The Black soldiers' valor ... in Mississippi, drawing visitors from around ...