One of the techniques filmmaker Ken Burns harnessed so effectively in The Civil War was using the ... lost in the great pageantry of this war." One document that illustrates the power of this ...

(Perhaps this notebook was in his pocket that day.) Later, when Whitman lived in Washington during the Civil War, he often stood near the corner of 14th and L Streets to glimpse Lincoln en route ...

A look at the people and events that shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction ... with 48 hours every weekend of people and events that document the American story. C-SPAN began C-SPAN3 operations ...

If you are researching an ancestor who served in Missouri during the Civil War, plan to check the Missouri Digital Heritage ...

This is probably the only -- if not among a handful of descriptions of Islam in a Civil War document. That's what really struck me, and I was like, "This is... gold!" ♪curious pensive music ...