Iconic Photo Questioned
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Photographer Alexander Gardner and his two colleagues, Timothy O’Sullivan and James Gibson, came upon a frightful landscape late on July 5, 1863. Soldiers of the Blue and Gray lay dead virtually everywhere, still littering a battlefield...
Gettysburg and The New South
RALEIGH – Next week Americans will be remembering the 150th anniversary of a defining moment in our country’s history, the Civil War battle at Gettysburg. The horrible losses there made the battlefield like a holy temple, a destination point for pilgrims. Fifty years...Horses' Lives Retraced
Life was rough for Civil War soldiers. It was even rougher on their horses. “They broke ’em younger, they rode ’em harder and they died younger,” re-enactor Mike Edwards said at Bennett Place State Historic Site on Saturday. The state historic site held “Join the...Gettysburg's Grip
In a few weeks, an estimated 4 million visitors are expected to descend upon the picturesque southern Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, which has a population of less than 8,000. They’re coming by the millions to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of...Obiter Dicta
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