Estimates of the number of men engaged at Gettysburg vary widely ... In the Union service these may be summarized as: Normally, accounts of Civil War battles rely for the numbers of troops rather ...

All share a sense of purpose in retelling the stories of the battle’s more than 50,000 fallen soldiers. Lentz was a child in ...

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 ...

As the deadliest war in United States history, the Civil War is a period many would like to forget. However, it’s impossible ...

Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The ...

The Battle of Gettysburg was a dramatic combination of pathos and absurdity, according to this remarkable selection of primary sources from historian Chadwick (The Cannons Continue reading ...

Eisenhower, the acclaimed apple orchards that feed the country, and stories of Gettysburg’s townspeople whose actions both before, during and after the famous Civil War battle came to the community.

For the first two years of the American Civil War, supporters of the North seemed ... was carried beside Sweitzer when he was at the Battle of Gettysburg. That’s a marker that a general has ...

In the annals of Minnesota’s participation in the Civil War ... at Gettysburg. Plugging a gap in the Union line on July 2, 1863, the Minnesotans helped turn the tide of that battle, and in ...

Noteworthy items include a Confederate flag used at the First Battle of Bull Run ... with a National Park Guide (1782 reviews) Civil War Ghosts of Gettysburg Tour by US Ghost Adventures ...