May 13, 1861. Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War started. Some critics would charge that he should have joined the Union Army, but anyone who knew ...

"Incidents of the war: A harvest of death." The three days of conflict at Gettysburg resulted in 51,000 casualties, making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Courtesy: Library of Congress ...

The second Sudanese civil war from 1983 to 2005 killed an estimated two million people, with widespread documentation of famine and atrocities. In July 2011, Sudan’s southern territory seceded ...

The Colt single-action revolver belonged to Captain Myles Moylan ... Moylan fought to save the Union at Gettysburg, ...

On both sides, the Civil War boasted men who were brilliant and charismatic—and others who did not ... General George McClellan's Coat Worn at Antietam National Museum of American History McClellan's ...

In Civil War, photojournalist Lee Smith (Kirsten Dunst) and journalist Joel (Wagner Moura) want to interview the President ...

However, as the Civil War developed, the White Armies began to face major problems and difficulties in organising their campaigns. Against the drive and ruthless energy of the Bolsheviks ...

Lenin negotiated peace with Germany and therefore an end to Russia's role in World War One. However he could not avoid a civil war. The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921.