The American Civil War was the first major conflict that was photographed extensively, bringing shocking and often horrific images to the front pages and into people's living rooms. Photography ...

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Burns, MD of The Burns Archive. At the time of the Civil War, as a result of lax laws, obtaining a medical degree was very easy; one only had to apprentice with a local physician and take a few ...

Celebrating 90 years of AP Wirephotos with a special series of galleries highlighting the iconic images that shaped history.

During the conflict, civilians volunteered or were conscripted into jobs to help the war effort ... a V2 rocket explosion in March 1945. (Getty Images) Firemen who fought the Second Great Fire ...