The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle ...

Erie County native Strong Vincent's heroism on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg is not where he first distinguished ...

Before the Civil War, the biggest thing to happen in Gettysburg was a new railroad. Finished in 1858, it connected the Pennsylvania farm town to Hanover Junction some 20 miles away.

The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...

This weekend, the Adams County Historical Society will open the Gettysburg Beyond the Battle Museum. The grand opening will take place on Saturday and Sunday at 625 Biglerville Road in Cumberland ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery at the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Four months before, about 50,000 ...

In eight battles of the Civil War, over 3,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed. The battle in which the most people were killed was the three-day engagement at Gettysburg, PA, where an ...

Gettysburg History Hike (90 minutes): Hike from the Visitor Center to Cemetery Ridge, where fighting raged on July 2 and 3, 1863.Get an overview of the battle, visit the site of Pickett’s Charge ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The 160th-anniversary reenactment of one of the biggest battles in the Civil War has been scheduled for this weekend. The reenactment in Gettysburg will be from June … ...

Reenactors are marking the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the Civil War.Hundreds of spectators are watching history come alive at the Daniel Lady Farm.The annual ...