Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

On July 3, 1863, the Union army under the command of Gen. George Meade defeated Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

Peter Thorn was caretaker of the Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, until he joined the Union forces during the Civil War. After he left, his pregnant wife, Elizabeth, replaced him as ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

Lincoln Cemetery was established in 1867, two years after the Civil War ended. Courtesy of the Adams County Historical Society. At the edge of a busy emergency room parking lot in Gettysburg ...

About 28,000 Confederates were killed, wounded, missing or captured at Gettysburg, compared with roughly 23,000 casualties endured by the Union. Within a week after Gettysburg ended, Doubleday's ...

On the rolling fields of Gettysburg, the newly appointed Union commander, George Meade, led some 90,000 Union soldiers against 75,000 Confederates. At battle’s end, more than 50,000 men had been ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Gettysburg National Military Park has released their events and programs to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The three day commemoration… ...

Ordered to charge down Cemetery Ridge on July 2, ... First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg. A dead Union soldier from the 3rd Army Corps represents the battle from earlier ...