This story appears in the May 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to record movement sharply. Celebrated photographers such as ...

The outbreak of a civil war in Sudan in April 2023 dealt a devastating blow to the country's art scene, which has recently ...

a brazen billion-dollar art theft; a gutsy woman who tricked the Nazis into releasing thousands of Polish prisoners; the ominous day-by-day countdown to the opening shots of the Civil War ...

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 ...

This section displays objects that were used as flags during the Civil War. National Museum of American History Old Glory flag National Museum of American History United States National 34-Star Flag ...

Thanks to its comprehensive collection of Confederate artifacts, weapons and art, this museum is a required stop for Civil War buffs. American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar The Historic ...

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 ...