One of the major accomplishments during the Civil ... larger battles of the war the casualties were staggering: Antietam 22,717; Shiloh 23,746; Spotsylvania 30,000; Chickamauga 36,624; Gettysburg ...

“Pictures ... experience of the Civil War became something of a marketing venture in the post-war era, Zeller said. The ...

Estimates of the number of men engaged at Gettysburg vary widely ... In the Union service these may be summarized as: Normally, accounts of Civil War battles rely for the numbers of troops rather ...

The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers — but nothing ...

It almost made me forget that this was the spot of the bloodiest, three-day battle in American history. My visit started out ...

An original edition of the Gettysburg Address is going on display for 10 days at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and ...

Considered the turning point of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was also the bloodiest, amassing an estimated 51,000 casualties. The three-day conflict took place in July 1863 at what is ...

“Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War,” the latest contribution from Civil War and Abraham Lincoln scholar Allen C. Guelzo, is filled with ...

The most famous battle of the Civil War took place just outside of Gettysburg. Morning Edition stopped by the historic site ...