Most people think of Gettysburg, PA, as a summer destination—the kind of place you visit when the fields are green and the ...

For the first two years of the American Civil War, supporters of the North seemed ... Confederate army entered into Pennsylvania in June 1863,” historian Michael Kraus said.

The Civil War was one of the darkest periods ... Confederate states like France. The Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1, 1863, and ended on July 3, is primarily considered a ...

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 ...

A bloody battle took place at one of Pennsylvania's most historic travel destinations, where travelers can explore a field ...

To better understand what life was like during the Civil War, visit the ... during the Battle of Gettysburg) died when struck by a Confederate bullet on July 3, 1863, the last day of the battle.

Notwithstanding his Civil War heroism ... despite his being a Gettysburg Medal of Honor winner, never gave him any organizational responsibility. After the war, Casper lived in Allegheny City ...

Kernstown Battlefield has been named to the National Register of Historic Places, according to the Kernstown Battlefield ...

As mayors love to say, there is no Democratic way to fill a pothole, and no Republican way. You just fill the damn pothole. I ...

By Chip Hutchieson Kentucky Today A song often heard as Christmas approaches is that the holiday “is the most wonderful time of the ...

The story behind Longfellow’s “poem turned carol” is one born of his own sorrows. In 1861, Longfellow’s wife, Fannie Elizabeth, died tragically when her dress caught fire. Longfellow, waking from a ...