The Civil War had begun ... and the men were paid as laborers rather than as soldiers. Black soldiers therefore received $7 per month, plus a $3 clothing allowance, while white soldiers received ...

Would I encounter antebellum nostalgia or even outright denial of slavery’s role in the war? Instead ... or being an extra in a Civil War movie (which many of these men had done).

In the Civil War South, where nearly one out of five white men of military age lost their ... women announced their grief through their clothing. Wartime shortages prompted some women, unable ...

Men in service ... larger intentions of war. Designating flags were used to organize army units, whereas other flags directly represented the two warring factions. This section displays objects that ...

The Second Civil War began in 1646 ... of women being directly involved in the Civil Wars. Some women wore men’s clothing and armour so that they could join the fighting. A woman called Nan ...

At first, their job was to wash the fighters’ clothes and polish their boots ... a city adjoining Sudan’s capital. “I wish this war had never happened,” he says. Yet it has.

As Israel continued its strikes in several parts of the country, more than 30,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon set ...

I walked into Civil War (now streaming on Max ... They barter with heavily armed men for some gas – 300 highly valuable Canadian dollars. They capture images from a conflict between one group ...

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 ...

A recent exhibition shows how soldiers sent in votes during the Civil War and World War II, as many Americans would in 2020 following the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic Roger Catlin In the early ...

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 ...