In the complex tapestry of American history, the rules governing what enslaved people could or couldn’t wear played a significant role in shaping their identities. These rules, known as slave codes, ...

In the Civil War South, death was omnipresent ... mourning,” white southern women announced their grief through their clothing. Wartime shortages prompted some women, unable to purchase ...

The military records show that Melvin Bean, Samuel Blalock, John Burns, Albert D.J. Cashier, Lyons Wakeman and Frank Thompson fought on American battlefields during the Civil War. Research shows us ...

A trunk filled with reproductions and models of Civil War-era items is giving middle school students here an opportunity to more deeply explore that time period.