most women soldiers of the era embraced gender nonconformity only for the duration of the conflict. However, whether for a few years or for a lifetime, women who dressed as men in 19th century ...

With their Lee-Metford rifles, broadswords and daggers in their socks, they look like men you would not want to get on the wrong side of. And that's no surprise, because Scotland's Atholl ...

These soldiers were known as the Buffalo Soldiers and a group ... Young graduated from West Point in the late 19th century and eventually became the first African American national park superintendent ...

The national monument preserves Young’s home in Xenia, Ohio, and helps tell not only his story, but the story of life as an African American soldier in the 19th century. Read more about National Parks ...

An image depicting a famous 19th-century painting of Cossacks, with current Ukrainian soldiers standing in for the warriors, has struck a chord as Kyiv battles to assert its identity. By Constant ...