Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow ... who often focused on human-interest and figure study. His sketches of soldiers relaxing, cooking, cleaning, reading, shaving ...

Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...

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 ...