Join historians Jim Hessler, Britt Isenberg, and Phil Spaugy for an in-depth look at three farms—Sherfy, Klingel, and Rogers—caught in the crossfire on July 2, 1863. Situated along the Emmitsburg […]
Browse hundreds of new and used Civil War Books – heavily discounted – and meet some of the most prolific Civil War & Gettysburg authors of our time, including Jeff […]
Browse hundreds of new and used Civil War Books – heavily discounted – and meet some of the most prolific Civil War & Gettysburg authors of our time, including Jeff […]
On July 1, 1863, John Burns left his Gettysburg home and joined in the fighting west of the town. He was wounded and captured but survived the battle to become […]
Their houses were used as hospitals, their livestock was killed, their crops were destroyed, and their fields were used as graveyards. Join Historian Timothy H. Smith as he discusses the […]
The former “National Civil War Wax Museum” on Steinwehr Avenue, visited by more than 9 million visitors during its 50 year run, closed in 2014. In this presentation, Glenn Corbett […]
Midway through the American Civil War, the Christmas of 1863 was observed in Gettysburg with anxiety and trepidation. The town was not fully recovered from the battle. The last of […]
Meet director Bo Brinkman and actor Samuel Roukin from the upcoming feature film, Gettysburg 1863, set for release later this year. The film follows a family caught in the crossfire […]
James Pierce is perhaps best known as the father of Tillie Pierce, the young heroine who authored At Gettysburg: What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle. Yet his […]
Join historians Jean Howard-Green, Tim Smith, and Andrew Dalton for a special walking tour through Gettysburg’s historic Third Ward, where generations of the town’s Black residents built lives, businesses, churches, […]
Born in December 1844, Daniel Skelly was 18 years of age at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg. Like many other townspeople, he witnessed the carnage of the battle […]
At a critical moment, with the fight for independence hanging by a thread, General Washington risked it all with a daring campaign to cross the Delaware River in the dark, […]
