Images

Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, New York, USA. Photo by Peretz Partensky, 2012.

Scottish folklorist, poet, novelist, and scholar Andrew Lang (1844-1912). Photo by Elliott and Fry, published in Memoirs by Edward Clodd, 1916. Lang is among the many contributors to the Legend of Ticonderoga's continued popularity.

Portrait of Joseph A. Mower, a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1855-1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Confederate Lieutenant General William J. Hardee ("Old Reliable"), who played a key role in the Confederate Army of Tennessee during the American Civil War, c. 1861-1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A depiction of the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, on 17 February 1865 during the American Civil War, illustration by William Waud in Harper's Weekly, 8 April 1865. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections.

A depiction of the Battle of Bentonville (19-21 March 1865) in North Carolina during the American Civil War, illustration in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 22 April 1865. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.

In Atlanta, Georgia, Union soldiers under William Tecumseh Sherman destroy a railroad during the American Civil War, photograph by George N. Barnard, 1864. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and his staff officers, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1865. Standing, left to right: Oliver O. Howard, William B. Hazen, Jefferson C. Davis, and Joseph A. Mower. Sitting, left to right: John...

Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864, part of the American Civil War, original illustration by Felix Octavius Carr Darley and engraved by Alexander Hay Ritchie, c. 1868. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Sword monument in Qooqqut, Greenland, photograph by Brandon M. Bender, 11 September 2025. This modern "sword in the stone" sculpture in Qooqqut stands near the site of the Norse farm V25 in the Western Settlement, a group of communities...