Technology
Learn more about the technology used in the wars that defined America.
USS Constitution
VIDEO | On August 19, 1812, 208 years ago, the American battleship USS Constitution defeated the British warship HMS Guerriere shortly after the...
Railroads in the Civil War
VIDEO | Historian Sam Smith discusses the importance of railroads in the Civil War era. This video is part of the American Battlefield Trust​'s In4...
Photography and the Civil War
VIDEO | Historian Garry Adelman explains the importance of photography and photojournalism during the Civil War. This video is part of the Civil War...
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the Civil War
The Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad was the first railroad chartered in the United States and was the backbone for transportation in the early 1800s...
Amputations During the Civil War
VIDEO | Jake Wynn of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine explains the protocol of Amputations during the Civil War, and how the procedure saved...