The American Civil War was the first major conflict that was photographed extensively, bringing shocking and often horrific images to the front pages and into people's living rooms. Photography ...

Burns, MD of The Burns Archive. One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment of an effective hospital system that threaded the wounded and diseased through a ...

During the conflict, civilians volunteered or were conscripted into jobs to help the war effort ... a V2 rocket explosion in March 1945. (Getty Images) Firemen who fought the Second Great Fire ...