At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to ... created some of his most celebrated paintings from sketches he made as an illustrator at the front. During the Peninsular ...

A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the ...

The American Civil War Museum actually comprises three sites ... Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War ...

Hardtack is a long-life bread made with flour, water and salt that was commonly eaten in the southern states of America during the Civil War era ... at DECK Photography Art Centre; Dana Lixenberg ...

Shiloh. Antietam. Vicksburg. The Civil War claimed over 750,000 soldiers. It remains by far the deadliest war in American history. “A Harvest of Death,” by Timothy H. O’Sullivan. 1863. Smithsonian ...

During and after the Civil War, inventive illustrations allowed Democrats ... local party organizations often turned their ballots into miniature works of art, using patriotic and partisan symbols ...

A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright's 1987 drama, which follows a Black family's ...

The years of military rule in Chile, when thousands of people were killed or disappeared, have left deep scars More than 20 years have passed since the civil war ended in Guatemala and Chile ...

DePrince took her career around the world and published her memoir, ‘Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina, in ...

The American ... roiled the art world, raising questions over freedom of speech among artists, writers, museum employees, actors and others who oppose Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.