Huge in both size and historical significance, a Civil War painting has found a new home in Spartanburg. The 20-foot-long James Walker piece, depicting a scene from the Battle of Gettysburg, hangs … ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, the decisive moment in the Civil War, took place 150 years ago, on July 1-3, 1863. To honor the anniversary, the Smithsonian American Art Museum organized "The Civil War ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on July 3, 1863. Fought for over three days, the battle marks a turning point in ...

Today’s episode will focus on one of the biggest – and most important – turning points in world history; the Battle of Gettysburg. The three-day battle occurred during the American Civil War ...

Boardman of Gettysburg said cyclorama workers in the 1880s typically used a pulley system and worked with wooden scrolls that had to be moved as the painting was rolled. It took much longer back then.

Confederate soldiers stand defiant before a Union general, even after the war is over. Winslow Homer, Prisoners from the Front, 1866. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Frank ...

For the first two years of the Civil War, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, had been the homefront, where residents feared for their husbands, brothers, and sons who were away fighting, and waited for ...

For Civil War geeks, this week is like the Super Bowl. I know, because I’m a card-carrying member of that clan. Today is the 150th anniversary of the first day of the most pivotal battle of the ...

Boardman of Gettysburg said cyclorama workers in the 1880s typically used a pulley system and worked with wooden scrolls that had to be moved as the painting was rolled. It took much longer back then.