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

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 eastern slopes of Cemetery Hill. Union forces had retreated to the hill on July 1, and Gen. Robert E. Lee had asked Gen. Ewell to attack the weakened opponent.

WASHINGTON — In the 1780s, the son of a farmer in south-central Pennsylvania purchased from his father 116 acres where two roads intersected. He laid out 210 lots for a town he named for himself.

President Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in American history 150 years ago today, delivering "a few appropriate remarks" to dedicate the new National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Al Brophy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill looks at the historical importance of the main speech given at Gettysburg on November 23, 1863: the oration of the day’s featured ...

To visit Cemetery Hill, park in the National Cemetery lot on Taneytown Road just south of town. 2. ... If the Union line at Gettysburg resembled an upside-down fishhook, ...

On June 26, 1863, Private George Sandoe, an advance scout, was killed, becoming the first Union soldier killed at Gettysburg (five days before the start of the official battle). The monument marks ...

Wayne Motts talked about the third day of Gettysburg as the turning point of the battle and the Union defense of Cemetery Ridge. He described the background of some of the men involved on both ...

In the smoky twilight outside Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, several regiments from Alabama were fighting their way down a slope into a rocky creek bed. Union soldiers were fleeing in front of them.

Tuesday marks the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg address. President Abraham Lincoln delivered these 278 words at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg. Melissa Block talks with Civil ...