Samuel Holmes Doten of Plymouth, Mass., was born June 5, 1812, so after the Civil War ended in 1865, he would joke that he “served in the infantry in the war of that date.” William Kendall ...

To date, Photo Sleuth has roughly 17,000 identified photos, from national archives like the U.S. Military History Institute as well as private collections, that include not only Civil War soldiers ...

Civil War photos came courtesy of cinematographer Rob Hardy, ... Hardy wanted the look of “Civil War” to be “visually abrasive, and I mean that in the best possible way.

Gen. Alexander Shaler was awarded the U.S. Army's highest honor for his valor in the Second Battle of Fredericksburg. He also fought at Gettysburg and Wilderness, where he was captured and later ...

Stunt coordinator Cory DeMeyers breaks down the elaborate Civil War battle — which all takes place in one unbroken shot — that opened this season of "The Righteous Gemstones." The Season 4 ...

Opinion I’m a photojournalist. ‘Civil War’ gets war photography dangerously wrong. In Alex Garland’s film, war photographers are just there to compete for the bloodiest shot.

Say what you will about 19th century grooming habits: those gentlemen knew how to rock some facial hair. The Civil War era, in particular, popularized the stately style we refer to as "sideburns." ...