Without the benefit of photography, the Revolutionary War can be difficult to envision. But what did the war actually look like?

Joe Crawford reflects on his great-grandfather's service in the Civil War, his sacrifice and the family's tradition of ...

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 ...

The remains of 28 Civil War veterans and many of their wives are receiving burial services across the country. As first ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee -- severed their ties with the Union.

The Civil War monument that long stood on the old Rock Island County Courthouse lawn is much closer to a needed makeover.

In Generals: Art of War you are allowed to use not only brute military force, but also t Your army, in sum with the talent of the commander, will provide an opportunity to completely rewrite history.

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 ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought in ...

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 ...

location and funding for a monument that will be erected on the lawn of the South Carolina State House Sarah Kuta A recent exhibition shows how soldiers sent in votes during the Civil War and ...