For Barbara Beirne, being a photographer meant building a relationship of trust and collaboration with her subjects and using ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

America went to war against Spain to free Cuba from Spanish domination. But the war provided the United States an opportunity ...

324,000 aircraft 88,000 tanks 8,800 warships 5,600 merchant ships 224,000 pieces of artillery 2,382,000 trucks 79,000 landing ...

At Cold Harbor, Grant launched a furious assault against what he thought was a tired and beaten enemy—and suffered a bloody ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

America went to war against Great Britain to assert its rights as an independent, sovereign nation, and to attempt the ...

Americans went to war to win their independence from Great Britain. Just weeks after the outbreak of fighting at Lexington ...

For years the colonies had flourished in a state of “salutary neglect.” Britain had been content to leave the day-to-day ...

Washington sought to impose strict military protocols and daily orders on life in camp, but was constantly frustrated by all ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...