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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

1863, died in New Jersey in 1938. In April 1938, the New York Times and Gettysburg Times published news of the death of a 96-year-old veteran of the American Civil War. Michael Gaffney’s passing ...

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 ...