On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, stood at a Pennsylvania cemetery and shared his hope for the ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery at the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Four months before, about 50,000 soldiers ...
KIND OF EXPERIENCE. TO SOMEONE FROM A FAMILY HOME CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE DURING THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. THE ORDERS CAME AT 4:00 FOR EVERYONE TO GO TO THEIR SALARIES, TO A UNIFORM WORN DURING THE ...
The Shippensburg Civil War Roundtable will meet Nov. 18. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the basement of Christ United Methodist Church, 47 E. King St., Shippensburg. The program will feature ...
The shrine’s annual re-enactment of the Gettysburg address, delivered by Lincoln at a cemetery dedication in Gettysburg, ...
We talk with Tim McGrath, author of "Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the ...
Gettysburg National Military Park officials discovered an unexploded artillery shell this week at the Central Pennsylvania historic site during a rehabilitation process of the park. The unexploded ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — It’s said the Civil War pitted brother against brother. For the ancestors of Eddie Roberts of Tennessee, that phrase was all too true. “My grandfather, Brigadier William P. Roberts ...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Gettysburg National Military Park announced the discovery a Civil War-era unexploded artillery shell on Wednesday, February 8. According to the park, the shell was found ...
YORK, Pa. – A Civil War artillery shell was found Wednesday at Gettysburg National Military Park, according to a news release. The unexploded ordnance was found on the battlefield in the area of ...