to learn why so many people spend their weekends in Confederate uniforms reenacting the Civil War. How much, I wanted to know, does this hobby reflect a passion for history, and how much is it a ...

How the most divided period in the history of U.S. democracy – the mid-1800s – coincided with a sudden boom in new ...

In this blog post, Jabour explores the multitude of women who dressed as men to fight—and die—in all the major battles of the Civil ... After the war, Sarah Edmonds doffed her uniform and ...

Photographer Drew Gardner has a passion for history. His long-term project, “The Descendants,” (  wherein he recreates famous portraits of historical figures featuring their direct offspring, is his ...

Mercy Street Episode 3: The Uniform opens with Dr ... thousand amputations recorded in the Union Army, the mortality rate was 26.3 percent. Were Civil War physicians “butchers” then?

Warlord Games have added two new regiments to their Black Powder collection for some 28mm American Civil War battles on the ...

The Oregon Ducks vs. Oregon State Beavers game will look pretty unusual on Saturday, for more reasons than one. When the 128th Civil War takes place at Reser Stadium this weekend, it will be ...

A White Settlement museum claiming to have the largest collection of Civil War artifacts ... as Texas regimental flags, ...

“The Civil War was so fascinating ... To fund the Union war effort, Congress borrowed heavily and created the nation’s first uniform paper currency. The resulting expansion of the monetary ...

Things are going to look a bit strange this weekend for the first-ever September Civil War between the Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Beavers, but the visiting team is going to be showing up in style.

His latest film, The Damned, is not technically a documentary: It's set in 1862 at the height of the Civil War and follows ..

Gerald Goines, the mendacious former Houston narcotics officer who had a habit of framing drug suspects, received two ...