This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to record movement sharply. Celebrated photographers such as ...

Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in ...

The Civil War was a military, cultural, political, and economic milestone in American history. For four years the nation was in a bloody divide that extended from the East Coast to the pioneer West ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction. Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

Today, Black men and women own 2.6 million businesses across the United States, roughly 9.5 percent of businesses in the country. But which ones have endured the longest? These are some of the oldest ...

Whether they're a Hellspawn, a vengeful, resurrected spirit or an angry Superman stand-in, these 20 heroes prove you don't ...

The Civil War, an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced in conjunction with WETA, Washington, D.C., first aired in September of 1990 to an ...

If you're loving Space Marine 2, there's a massive world of Warhammer books, tabletop RPGs, and more video games to explore.

Civil War—writer-director Alex Garland's dystopian look at a fractured future America starring Kirsten Dunst—is new on Max this week. A24 released Civil War in theaters on April 12.

Disney World, Times Square and Yellowstone can be packed with tourists. But there are plenty of other places in the United States still free from the crowds.