The Lancaster Cemetery, with grave markers dating back to the American Revolution, has partnered with the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War to raise ... on their way to Gettysburg, as ...
A park that was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Hanover has a new name, in honor of the Union soldiers that ...
The American Civil War (1861–1865) remains one of the most defining chapters in the nation’s past, forging our modern ...
The Adams County Historical Society shared some photos that haven't been seen in decades, and there's a WGAL connection. A ...
Penn Township resident Bill Bray has made it his mission to ensure the Civil War veterans buried in Westmoreland County are ...
Despite nearly 150 years separating the start of the Civil War and this young history buff’s birth, the fascination and passion runs deep.
The Battle of Gettysburg, too, was explicitly a family affair. Many families sent soldiers who fought on opposite sides, ...
We agree. Civil War buffs visit the cemetery often on their way to or from Gettysburg. We appreciate these efforts to bring the Reynolds plot back into good shape for those visitors. And ...
but the Soldiers National Cemetery is a beautiful landmark where 3,500 Union Civil War soldiers, as well as WWII veterans, are buried. It is also the site of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address ...
Further, Lebanon Cemetery was designated for burial of Black residents, including at least 30 Civil War veterans, on a hill north of York. Late in the century, the county’s potter’s field was ...
On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, Cushing commanded 126 men and six cannons positioned on Cemetery Ridge ... crucial battles of the Civil War. The fate of the nation ...