16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm.) This painting was used on the Fleetwood Civil War Collectors Panel.; Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation The American Civil War ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters ... these “special artists,” or “specials,” were America’s first pictorial war correspondents. They were young men (none were women) from ...

Kara Walker, one of America's most preeminent artists, takes us to another moment in history when viewpoints were perilously ...

There are big goings-on these days at the Museum of the Mountain Man in Pinedale. It all started this past May when the ...

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 was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

American artists of Asian heritage bring a combined legacy to their work, and varieties of Asian thought and spiritual practice have had a profound and lasting influence on a remarkable number of ...

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 ...

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 ...

After the three public screenings this month, Voyageur will offer Capturing Life (1839-1869) to public TV stations in ...

Many movies about the American Civil War mix fact with fiction, often failing to accurately represent the historical events ...

A new American wing draws on feminist and racially and ethnically diverse thinking to spotlight 400 exceptional works in its collection. By Holland Cotter In the artist’s first major U.S ...