Jerry Jackson's brief and little-known life at Fort Negley in Nashville was one characterized by intensive labor, harsh weather, lack of shelter and disease outbreaks. But Jackson, along with the ...

The Virginia Tech computer science professor is the creator of the Civil War Photo Sleuth, a publicly available digital home of Civil War era portraits for soldiers and sailors who served. The website ...

Fought from 1861 to 1865 as the nation became diametrically opposed on the issue of the expansion and preservation of slavery, or the abolition of it, the American Civil War remains one of the most ...

Eugene Debs at the US Penitentiary in Atlanta. (Courtesy of the National Archives) With the exception of the Second World War, every military conflict in which the United States has taken part has ...

As time passes, history often becomes blurred. Stories are retold, facts are altered, and over generations, popular belief can drift far from the truth. Much like the old game of telephone, the ...

1860s USA - Heartbreaking Photos Of Civil War America - Colorized The Civil War claimed the lives of approximately 620.000 young men, tore families apart, and shaped a nation. The conflict holds ...

Over a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, ...

Alex Garland's dystopian thriller Civil War depicts a current-day, less-than-united states of America in which journalists are scrambling to get to the White House before rebel factions do. The film ...

Going into Alex Garland’s astonishing new film, “Civil War,” I expected to be irritated by the implausibility of its premise. I’m not talking about the idea that America could devolve into vicious ...