American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of war—objects that have helped generations since in ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment ... In the decade before the war, American military action consisted of Native American skirmishes and the few wounded ...

The film is a comprehensive and definitive history of the American Civil War ... taken from a total of 1 million pictures of the Civil War, along with period paintings, lithographs, and headlines ...

At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black Civil War soldiers buried in Butler Cemetery.