Heritage Images

columns; rock; bridge; arch; Cappadocia; Turkey

columns, rock, bridge, arch, Cappadocia, Turkey

American Civil War; Fort Sumter; Edmund Ruffin; Major Anderson; Charleston; South Carolina; USA; April 12 1861

An engraving of the Siege of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, the first shots of the American Civil War.

four countries point; border of four countries; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany; Neutral Moresnet; Europe; 322.5 metres; highest point in the Low Countries; hoogste punt van Nederland

The point which marks where three countries meet: Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. It used to be where four countries met until Belgium swallowed Neutral Moresnet, the world's smallest country.

American Civil War; sharpshooter; perch; tree; aim; musket; powder; sniper; cap; powder flask; perched; 1862; USA

An American Civil War sharpshooter perched up a tree and taking aim.

USA; American Civil War; October 1864; battle; hand to hand fighting; bayonet charge; mayhem; slaughter

An American Civil War battle fought with bayonets. "Men were bayoneted, knocked down with the butts of muskets, and even fists were used in default of better weapons in that deadly strife."