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Many of the men killed at Gettysburg died with sore feet. Having worn brogans - the standard-issue shoes for Civil War soldiers - for days at a time, I can tell you they are instruments of torture.

1. Lee thought he could demoralize Union forces by invading Pennsylvania. In late spring 1863, the Union Army captured Vicksburg, Mississippi. Union generals hoped to split the Confederacy in half and ...

In years since the Battle of Gettysburg, it has been called the high-water mark of the Confederacy - the beginning of the end of its hopes for succession from the Union. Historians develop different ...

Culp's Hill, part of the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1863. Culp's Hill, part of the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1863.Library of Congress/Getty ...

The distinctive terrain—from its hills and ridges to its rocks and fields—played a pivotal role in the July 1863 battle whose victory revitalized the Union. In remembranceMonuments, like the one ...

As Gettysburg hits 150, a detailed account of the nation’s greatest battle. Robert E. Lee’s smashing victory against Major General Joseph Hooker’s Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville in May 1863 ...