The film "Gettysburg" reflects on the historical significance of the Gettysburg battlefield, where many soldiers fought and died during the Civil War. It highlights the importance of preserving this ...

We noticed an artillery projectile found lodged in the brick wall of Civil War FORT SUMTER during a historic tour with the National Park Service. Go along with us as we visit the location where the ...

Fifty-five years of living in the Southeast during which we enjoyed lots of travel resulted in visiting most of the National ...

On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...

“Now we are engaged in a great civil war,” Lincoln told the Gettysburg audience, “testing whether … any nation so dedicated, can long endure.” Liberty and democracy were universal ...

Patrick Chaisson, a retired Army officer, Schenectady resident, and magazine writer, will speak about “Strange, Unusual and ...

much as they did for most major battles in the war. Harman does an excellent job in showing readers the ways in which waterways, rail lines, and roads tended to bring the two armies together at ...

Estimates of the number of men engaged at Gettysburg vary widely ... In the Union service these may be summarized as: Normally, accounts of Civil War battles rely for the numbers of troops rather ...

In addition to offering demonstrations with Civil War historians at Gettysburg National Military Park's battlefield every weekend from April through October, visitors can enjoy alfresco dining at ...

Harper’s Weekly, June 3, 1865 They were known as the Special Artists of the Civil War, and their mission ... Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and the Wilderness ...

From his exemplary service in the American Civil War to his courageous defense of ... as men from the 19th Company of Coast Artillery were dispatched to serve as an honor guard.

Soldiers-of-fortune are back in force—manning Ukraine’s front lines, filling Gulf monarchies’ barracks and fighting Africa’s civil wars ... escapes from Russian artillery fire after ...