Gettysburg National Military Park was established in 1895 to commemorate an 1863 battle that turned the tides of the Civil War. Situated in rural southern ... has long been told through the lens of ...

Leader of the fabled Texas Brigade, John Bell Hood was highly regarded among the ranks of Confederate generals. Despite sustaining wounds at Gettysburg and losing a leg at Chickamauga, Hood ...

But his luck changed for the worse at Gettysburg ... a commission as a major in the Confederate service. Quickly promoted to colonel and then brigadier general, he led a brigade under James ...

The war officially continued for nearly two years, but Gettysburg is widely considered the turning point in the Union’s ...

With concise facts and anecdotes of war generals during battle struggles, this book debunks Civil War myths often thought to be true. Books for Kids: Gettysburg by MacKinlay Kantor (1987): For ...

By Brandon Fey, News Editor Few symbols of Gettysburg are as iconic as that of President Lincoln delivering his famous ...

Such was the case at the Battle of Gettysburg where the commanding generals had two of the more famous horses of the war. Perhaps the most famous horse in American history is Confederate General ...

One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S. history -- was the battle of Gettysburg ... Union Army of the Potomac under General George Meade, fought what ...

General Ewell's Second Corps slams into the Union forces' northern flank, sending them reeling back through the town of Gettysburg ... and collect stragglers. Confederate troops have scored ...