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It was not unusual for a militia officer from the South to wear a U.S. Army issue uniform dating from before the nation was divided by the Civil War.

Civil War photos came courtesy of cinematographer Rob Hardy, who chose cameras that pull Dunst and Spaeny's photojournalists into combat.

I had been told that only very special Civil War historians -- the ones with personal contacts -- were allowed to see the archival holdings of the Army's Military History Institut ...

In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a violent 13-year civil war in El Salvador.

Nearly a decade of civil war has destroyed millions of Yemeni lives, but perhaps nowhere has it been felt more than in the neighborhoods in Taiz that are closest to the fighting.

Museum officials said, even 150 years later, it remains important to return the photos to families who had a link to the Civil War. The two girls, they said, still evoke powerful emotions.