Richard Ryder, Civil War reenactor and self-employed contractor, will discuss "Civil War Era Embalming Practices" when he speaks during the Millersville Area Historical Society meeting at 9 a.m.

PIPESTONE -- The War Between the States will reignite, this time for entertainment and education only, during Pipestone Civil War Days Saturday and Sunday at the Song of Hiawatha Pageant Grounds near ...

In the mid-1800s, America was a profoundly religious place. The circumstances of a person's death was thought to indicate much about the nature of one's afterlife; a "good death" meant passing at home ...

When Michael Brown was shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, his dead body lay on the ground for four hours before city authorities attended to it. Members of his community stood vigil by his body the ...

Editor's Note: Shauna Devine, Ph.D., is a historian of Civil War and American medicine. She has a Ph.D. in medical history and currently holds a joint appointment as a research fellow at the Schulich ...

"Bodies Embalmed By Us Never Turn Black." A Civil War newspaper ad. Leaf through Drew Gilpin Faust's "This Republic of Suffering." Here is a photograph that still breaks my heart: "Dead Confederate ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The history of embalming in America is deeply rooted in both necessity and cultural ...