We are again at the first of July, the anniversary of the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. It's been ten years - on the 150th anniversary...

On this day in 1863, General Lee ordered Pickett's Charge across the wide-open fields of Gettysburg, into military infamy. So important ...

I dread the possibility of a time traveler going back to July 1 1863 and warning Union troops that if they win the battle then in another 15...

I have, right here, the actual Honest To God reason for the Civil War: DONUTS WITH RED WHITE AND BLUE SPRINKLES are SERIOUS BUSINESS, RO...

Fighting would continue for the remainder of the day, but Little Round Top held. The bayonet charge saved the Union flank, and in its own...

First three days of July in 1863, our nation witnessed one of history's most important, epic battles of all time. ...I think I got t...

I've mentioned before I wanted to come in person to Gettysburg National Park so I could bask in the history.  So this year I did. Went...

( edit 9/2/15 : Just noticed I'm suddenly getting all this traffic from Facebook for some reason.  Where are you all coming from?  What...

Leading up to the 4th of July itself, we need to remember the great Battle of Gettysburg , of those who fought and died, of the causes won a...

Just got a reminder from one of the references I work with at the library. Today is the 150th Anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Addr...

The battle in most respects determined the fate of the war: the South suffered a decisive loss in the Eastern theater for the first time; Le...

This happened 150 years ago today: That sound you hear is Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine codifying the Badass Bookworm t...

I was going to just focus on the fact that today is the 150th anniversary of the First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg . But there'...