Throughout much of the Civil War, a key Union objective was to penetrate ... From behind their fortifications, the Confederate forces at Fredericksburg assault the approaching Federals with ...

One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment of an effective ... and the few wounded were treated at the various forts in small infirmaries. In cities, hospitals ...

At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to ... offering them commissions and employing their skills as scouts to sketch fortifications. The artists had no control over their ...