Now to your letters. Yesterday we reported on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The occasion drew thousands of tourists to the Civil War battlefield ...

" (I) hope you will not Delay in writing so we can know the worst of it i think i am afraid you have had to face the Rebels guns if you have had the Luck to Escape battle I shall be glad (and) hope ...

Old news can be illuminating! The Philadelphia Inquirer on June 30, 1863, printed a colorful report of the June 28 burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge to prevent Confederate forces from ...

Noting that “Americans of the Civil War years enjoyed unprecedented levels of literacy and did not hesitate to record what they had seen, heard, and done in a flood of letters, diaries, and memoirs,” ...

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 ...

On the 162nd anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg, visitors came from near and far to spend time on the historic grounds. Warwick Mackinnon’s journey from the United Kingdom ...

This year marks the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The city will host a multi-day commemoration with new events and activities held every day from now until July 7. The Battle of ...

History is everywhere in Gettysburg. You can’t avoid it, but that’s the point. The cannons, monuments, statues, cemeteries…they’re all here as lasting reminders of courage and sorrow. And most ...