Civil War

Big News Stories of 2014 That Aren't Going Away

We just have so much to look forward to

Shrine to Uwais al-Qurani and Ammar Bin Yasser. After: October 6, 2014. All three tombs on the outside of the shrine, their minarets and a section of the linking arcaded pricinct have been destroyed.

Satellite Photos Show Hundreds of Syrian Heritage Sites Damaged In Ongoing Fighting

The new satellite photos show the extent of the damage

The wounded soldiers above were photographed at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia, between 1861 and 1865.

Did Civil War Soldiers Have PTSD?

One hundred and fifty years later, historians are discovering some of the earliest known cases of post-traumatic stress disorder

Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) embraces Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) in a famous scene from the 1939 epic film Gone with the Wind.

How Gone With the Wind Took the Nation by Storm By Catering to its Southern Sensibilities

From casting to its premiere, how Southerners viewed the film made all the difference

A Civil War historical re-enactment at Tunnel Hill, Georgia

A Nurse Describes the Smell of the Civil War

The overpowering stink of blood and decaying flesh can surprise even trained soldiers

Separatist forces walk the streets of Donetsk, Ukraine on November 8th.

Russian Tanks And Troops Are Pouring Into Ukraine, Says NATO

Unmarked troops and equipment have traveled from Russia to Ukraine

“Arming the Rebels” Has Pretty Much Never Worked

Guns and training, but no on-the-ground support, doesn't amount to much

Photograph of Robert E Lee's Arlington house taken in 1861

Rare Photo of Robert E. Lee's Slave Acquired by National Park Service

The photograph of Selina Gray and her children sold on eBay for $700

A protester holds the cut off nose of the statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin after it was toppled during a rally on the central square of eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, 28 September 2014.

Ukrainian Protesters Are Auctioning Off the Nose of a Massive Lenin Statue

Lenin's ears are also, reportedly, up for grabs

In this portrait, Webster wore what looks like a Confederate uniform, but there is no evidence he fought for the South.

Why Was Robert Webster, a Slave, Wearing What Looks Like a Confederate Uniform?

This remarkable man risked his life to undermine the Confederacy yet remained close to his former owner after the Civil War

The Social Media Fight Between the U.S. and ISIS Is Weirder Than You'd Imagine

The U.S. has decided to fight propaganda with propaganda

Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox

Which General Was Better? Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee?

The historic rivalry between the South's polished general and the North's rough and rugged soldier is the subject of a new show at the Portrait Gallery

A humanitarian crisis is underway in Sinjar, Iraq, and the surrounding towns.

Thousands of Iraqi Refugees Are Trapped Without Food or Water on Mountains Surrounded by Militia

Delivering help by land or air is impossible, humanitarian aid experts say

Smoke rises over a Syrian village that has been recently shelled

People are Traveling to War Zones for Tourism

Because adventure travel just hasn't gone far enough

Night attack at Fort Stevens on July 11, 1864

When Washington, D.C. Came Close to Being Conquered by the Confederacy

The year was 1864, and the South was all but beaten, yet Jubal Early's ragged army had D.C. within its grasp

Rachel Daniel, mother of one of the abducted Nigerian school girls, holds up a picture of her still-missing daughter.

Some Women Held Captive By Boko Haram Managed to Escape Last Friday, But More Than 200 School Girls Are Still Missing

When fighting broke out, 60 women and girls seized the opportunity to flee their terrorist captors

Syrian refugees cook outside a tent at the Majdal Anjar refugee camp in Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon, September 9, 2013.

In Lebanon, 1.1 Million Syrian Refugees Are Now a Fifth of the Country’s Population

There are 1.1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, with another 400,000 expected by the end of the year

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talks to the media after this morning's EU meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

Ukraine Just Signed the Trade Deal That Was at the Heart of Its Revolutionary Uproar

When former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych abandoned a EU trade deal, he sparked protests. His successor just signed it.

The U.S. Coast Survey map calculated the number of slaves in each county in the United States in 1860.

These Maps Reveal How Slavery Expanded Across the United States

As the hunger for more farmland stretched west, so too did the demand for enslaved labor

Protesters in front of the Nigerian Embassy in London.

Boko Haram Video Says What the Group Wants in Exchange for Freeing Abducted Girls

If let go, they have a good chance of being able to recover emotionally

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