Even as the Civil War raged on, Union soldiers erected monuments to mark where they fought and where the fallen were buried.

Santa Anna lays siege for 12 days, and on day 13, the infamous battle ... from the maps, but, actually, the West was still very much a part of the picture. -Thousands die at Antietam, Vicksburg ...

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Years before the U.S. Civil War photographer Mathew Brady took his famous photos of the Antietam battlefield, the camera of Britain's Roger Fenton captured scenes at Battle of Alma in Crimea in 1854.

Just over 80 years ago, American troops entered this Venetian city and defeated a ragged but determined German force to ...

Years before the U.S. Civil War photographer Mathew Brady took his famous photos of the Antietam battlefield, the camera of Britain's Roger Fenton captured scenes at Battle of Alma in Crimea in 1854.