A rare memoir of a Civil War veteran from Mooresburg has recently been found and published, offering more details about the ...

On November 19, 1863, near the site of the bloodiest ... which was intended to elevate the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War to epic status, Lincoln’s words and message were sparse and ...

One of the biggest and most well known events in my hometown is the annual Gettysburg Reenactment, which draws thousands of ...

As a young adult, my interest in Gettysburg and Civil War history waned. I visited the battlefield less ... Union lines during Pickett’s Charge began their assault on July 3, 1863. I had seen the ...

Gettysburg National Military Park was established in 1895 to commemorate an 1863 battle that turned the tides of the Civil War. Situated in rural southern Pennsylvania, this landscape was once a hub ...

Envision the battlefield, ten miles from the Maryland border in Pennsylvania on July 1 to 3, 1863 ... Gettysburg, at least 45,000 Americans were killed or injured—more than in any other Civil ...

Various official sources list as many as 106 battles, engagements, actions, and skirmishes occurring in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania related to the Gettysburg Campaign. There ...

Considered the turning point of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was also the bloodiest, amassing an estimated 51,000 casualties. The three-day conflict took place in July 1863 at what is ...

The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places ... ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg in 1863, Lincoln said perhaps more than he knew. The war was about a ...

How brilliant a military leader are you? One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S. history -- was the battle of Gettysburg. During the three days of July 1 ...

Today, Gettysburg National Military Park welcomes visitors keen on learning more about the Civil War through ... after the war, this cemetery was dedicated on Nov. 19, 1863 and is where former ...

The four and 1/4 hour depiction of the historical and personal events surrounding and including the decisive American civil war battle features thousands of civil war re-enactors marching over the ...