Others show how a loved one was cherished through a photograph. This section displays objects that helped the soldier get through the atrocities of war—objects that have helped generations since in ...

Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...

One of the major accomplishments during the Civil ... as City Point. By war’s end, there were 204 Union general hospitals with 136,894 beds. During the war, over one million soldiers received ...