On the afternoon of July 1, 1863 – the first day of fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg – a Northern soldier propped his rifle against a tree and took careful aim at a tall, bearded Southern officer ...

GETTYSBURG – As gunshots ravaged the bodies of tens of thousands of soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg, military doctors responded with a method of treatment that is still the foundation of combat ...

I just returned from spending two-and-a-half days in Gettysburg, Pa. attending a Campus MBA leadership event that was conducted literally on the grounds of the Battle at Gettysburg, an event put on by ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A Civil War battlefield and rocket ships to Mars: two things that couldn’t be more opposite, but on the Gettysburg Battlefield, the history of yesteryear is helping the ...

The population of the United States is now 10 times what it was at the start of the U.S. Civil War. Thus, as horrible as the casualties and scale of that war were, it’s hard to conceive of its impact.

WEST POINT, N.Y. (May 7, 2014) -- Nine-tenths of a mile. That's the distance between victory and defeat after three of the bloodiest days in U.S. history. But nine-tenths of a mile across numerous ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Lessons from Gettysburg. With apologies to the history buffs out there, this ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Statues and monuments to Confederate generals and soldiers have been the target of angry crowds in recent weeks as symbols of slavery and racism with many no longer standing. There ...

Shown is a replica of a Rucker ambulance at the Pry House Field Hospital Museum Friday, June 21, 2013, in Keedysville, MD. The house is located on the Antietam Battlefield, which served both as Union ...