One hundred and sixty years ago this week, one of the most overrated Civil War generals, Robert E. Lee, was defeated by one of the most underrated generals, George C. Meade. If you feel the need to ...

(WTAP) -On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil ...

Today, our Nation marks the 162nd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, the brief yet immortal speech through which President Abraham Lincoln transformed ...

WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, JAKE, THANK YOU. AND TODAY IN ADAMS COUNTY, WE’RE MARKING 161 YEARS SINCE THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. IT WAS TURNING POINT. IT WAS A TURNING POINT IN THE CIVIL WAR WHERE THE ...

Monday, July 3, marks the 160th anniversary of the most famous battle in the military history of the United States, the Battle of Gettysburg. It’s estimated there were over fifty-thousand American ...

A Civil War canon stands silent, overlooking the killing fields at Gettysburg. The town of Gettysburg lies in Adams County at the extreme southern edge of Pennsylvania and on the border with the state ...

Throughout our nation’s history, there have been many incredible moments, ones which we still discuss with reverence today.

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. A version of the article below was originally published at HNN. On the eve of the ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A Civil War battlefield and rocket ships to Mars: two things that couldn’t be more opposite, but on the Gettysburg Battlefield, the history of yesteryear is helping the ...