Images

The Mississippi Rifles, under Colonel Jefferson Davis, stop a Mexican charge at the Battle of Buena Vista, watercolor by Samuel Chamberlain as published in his My Confession: The Recollections of a Rogue, c. 1860.

Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis and his cabinet, print by Thomas Kelly, 1866. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The Starting Point of the Great War Between the States, chromolithograph by Strobridge & Co., c. 1878. Depicted here is the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as the provisional president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery...

A print depicting former Confederate president Jefferson Davis imprisoned at Fort Monroe after the American Civil War, drawing by Alfred R. Waud, 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Jefferson Davis on the eve of the American Civil War, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1859. National Archives at College Park.

A photograph of abandoned French artillery during the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916), one of the major battles of the First World War (1914-18), which ultimately ended in a French victory over German forces.

A map of the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916), one of the major battles of the First World War (1914-18) which ended in a French victory over German forces.

A 1918 photograph of a Canadian soldier writing while in a trench on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1900 photograph of the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869-1928).

An infographic of the most iconic military machines from the Second World War (1939-45). WWII marked a decisive shift in the nature of warfare, as victory depended not only on soldiers and commanders but on the industrial capacity, technological...