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

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

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

The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle ...

The descendants of one Civil War soldier attended the service at Saint Francis Catholic and Pine Grove cemeteries in ...

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 union army has fallen back to hold the high ground south of gettysburg. MEADE ORDERS HIS LINE TO RUN FROM CULP'S HILL, AROUND CEMETERY HILL, DOWN CEMETERY RIDGE TO LITTLE ROUND TOP.

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 ...

Attendees gathered at the Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center (SRMEC) Monday for a dinner and the official launch of ...

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 ...

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 ...