At the time of the Civil War ... were America’s first pictorial war correspondents. They were young men (none were women) from diverse backgrounds—soldiers, engineers, lithographers and ...

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 ...

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

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

But he feared the Civil War would shatter his beloved ... Through his ministrations of wounded soldiers, he found that purpose and a new inspiration for his art.

The Civil War was a military, cultural, political, and economic milestone in American history. For four years the nation was in a bloody divide that extended from the East Coast to the pioneer West ...