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General Hood Wounded at Chickamauga
Confederate General John Bell Hood is wounded while leading his troops at the Battle of Chickamauga (19-20 September 1863). Illustration by an unknown artist, circa 1860s.
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Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Chickamauga (19-20 September 1863), print by Kurz and Allison, 1890.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The Four Intact Pharaoh Burials of Ancient Egypt - Tutankhamun and the Royal Treasures of Tanis
Ancient Egyptian royal burials were designed to preserve the pharaoh's body, identity, and status for the afterlife. Coffins, funerary texts, jewelry, weapons, furniture...
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Map of the Russian Empire in 1914 - From Muscovy to World War I, 1533–1914
By 1914, the Russian Empire was one of the largest contiguous empires in history, stretching from Eastern Europe across Siberia to the Pacific. Its expansion began under the rulers...
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Captain Franklin Buchanan - First Commander of the CSS Virginia
Captain Franklin Buchanan of the US Navy, circa 1855-1861, photograph by Mathew Brady. The picture is thought to have been taken in May 1861, shortly after Buchanan resigned his commission...
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Battle of Hampton Roads - 1889 Print by Kurz & Allison
Battle of Hampton Roads, print by Kurz & Allison, 1889. The print shows a battle scene between the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) offshore, a Union ship sinking...
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CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) - Confederate Ironclad at Hampton Roads
CSS Virginia (1862-1862). Wash drawing by Clary Ray, 1898.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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The Launch of the USS Monitor, 1862 - The Union Ironclad at Hampton Roads
The Launch of Monitor, 1862. Line engraving of the USS Monitor launching, Greenpoint, NY; published in Harper's Monthly, September 1862.
US Naval Historical Center.
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The Monitor and the Merrimack - Clash of the Ironclads at Hampton Roads
The Monitor and Merrimac, the first fight between ironclads, a chromolithograph of the Battle of Hampton Roads, produced by Louis Prang & Co., Boston, 1886. Library of Congress, Washington...
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Map of Europe After World War II, 1945–1989 - Cold War Division, Reconstruction, and Alliances
Following World War II (1939–1945), Europe emerged devastated and increasingly divided between rival political systems. As relations between the United States and the...
