This narrative explores the Battle of Gettysburg as one of history’s defining turning points, tracing the conflict from the strategic movements that preceded it to the brutal, chaotic fighting across ...
MANASSAS, VA — This weekend marks the 164th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas, and the National Park Service has a weekend of events planned to commemorate the first major land battle of the ...
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought on the first three days of July in 1863, resulted in more than 51,000 total casualties (dead, wounded, missing, captured), including more than 7,000 dead, yet it began ...
RALEIGH — It was 250 years ago this week that North Carolinians fought in their first formal battle for American independence. But they didn’t fight it in North Carolina — and they didn’t fight ...