By 1861, when the Civil War started, there were already several ways to take a picture. The first photos of a war were taken during the Mexican-American fight from 1846 to 1848.

By 1861, when the Civil War started, there were already several ways to take a picture. The first photos of a war were taken during the Mexican-American fight from 1846 to 1848.

CASWELL BEACH -- American Civil War prison camps were operated by both the Union and the Confederates to handle the 409,000 soldiers captured during the war from 1861 to 1865.

Civil War enthusiast hold an even to commemorate the 162nd annivesary of the Battle of Westminster, organized by the Pipe Creek Civil War Round Table, on Saturday, June 28. Sgt. David Bloomof the ...