The Battle of Gettysburg is considered one of the most significant moments of the American Civil War. So what were the ...
The Medal of Honor awarded to Union officer Alonzo Cushing for his heroic actions during the Battle of Gettysburg .
During Independence Day weekend, the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg will bring three days of battles and history to ...
Thursday marks the final day of the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle happened back in 1683 from July 1 to July 3. To commemorate the historic battle, the National Park Service ...
The three-day Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and one that tipped the scales in favor of the Union, ended 156 years ago on Wednesday. The Union fielded 90,000 troops in the ...
For the first two years of the Civil War, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, had been the homefront, where residents feared for their husbands, brothers, and sons who were away fighting, and waited for word ...
That’s what a Confederate colonel wrote home to his wife as a mass of men in tattered gray approached the town of Gettysburg. He called it a “land of thrift and plenty,” according to author Shelby ...
“For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863.” So starts a powerful passage by ...
WEBVTT DURING THE CIVIL WAR, MARYLAND WAS A HOUSE DIVIDED. IT WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR GEOGRAPHICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. SLAVERY WAS LEGAL. THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IS 150 YEARS AGO NEXT WEEK ...
The first Battle of Gettysburg ended about 4 p.m. on July 3, 1863. A little more than 24 hours later the Army of Northern Virginia began its retreat south, followed on July 5 by the Army of the ...
AFTER the battle of Chancellorsville the Confederates were much encouraged by the general condition of affairs. The army of the Potomac kept losing men by expiration of enlistment, until we had less ...