RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The names of the two little girls are an enduring mystery, their images found among crumpled bodies on Civil War battlefields. Each is posed primly on chairs, ringlets cascading ...

Though the Civil War is usually remembered in black and white, seeing it in color brings the period to life in a whole new way. From soldiers’ uniforms and weapons to the weathered and defeated faces ...

WASHINGTON — The largest and most dramatic paintings in “The Civil War and American Art” exhibit don’t have anything particularly warlike in them — no cannons or gun smoke or bayonets glistening in ...