This year's events, set against the 250th anniversary of the United States, carry extra significance, according to ...

An upcoming movie on the Battle of Gettysburg has been filming on location in Pennsylvania. The cast and crew of "Gettysburg 1863," an independent film on the pivotal Union victory, have been spotted ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Photos depicting amicable veterans that will be displayed during the 150th anniversary of Civil War events this summer at Gettysburg don't accurately represent how many felt ...

Dan Orr, a volunteer tour guide at Gettysburg National Military Park, shares the story of his ancestor, Patrick Farrington.

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Most Civil War histories evoke the bravura of 19th century military skill, of masses of men moving across open fields to face other orderly masses of men and commence killing each other. Few books ...

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...