Steven Dacus and Con Trumbull dismounted their horses and aimed their muskets to the southeast. The two Union cavalry soldiers stood atop McPherson Ridge under the command of brazen Gen. John Buford.

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. A version of the article below was originally published at HNN. On the eve of the ...

More than 1,300 monuments, markers and plaques are housed at the park to memorialize the historic Battle of Gettysburg, which lasted three days in July 1863 -- 155 years ago. New York has the most of ...

Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg is primarily known as one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. On July 3, 1863, 31-year-old Gregg’s cavalry unit held Confederate Army Gen. James ...

The first day of the 158th Battle of Gettysburg at the Daniel Lady Farm included Cavalry and Artillery demonstrations and a phase one and final phase of the battle of Culp’s Hill. Hundreds of people ...

AFTER the battle of Chancellorsville the Confederates were much encouraged by the general condition of affairs. The army of the Potomac kept losing men by expiration of enlistment, until we had less ...

2016-11-12T18:00:38-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/5bd/20161112180938003_hd.jpgEric Wittenberg talked about the cavalry action on July 3rd at the 1863 Battle of ...

The trio of riffles cracked in unison, their blasts echoing off the buildings that line Centre Avenue as metal casings clanked onto the sidewalk. Once, then twice, then a third time they were fired.

(WHTM) — Our Gettysburg Campaign Timeline continues, with the fourth full week of the Army of Northern Virginia and Army of the Potomac making moves and countermoves, and the responses of the Federal, ...

HANOVER, Pa. — On Tuesday, June 30, 1863, Hanover, Pennsylvania celebrated as Union Brigadier General Kilpatrick's cavalry rolled through the city's streets. "Hanover's citizens were giving them beer, ...

(WHTM) — Our Gettysburg campaign timeline comes to a close with our fifth post, which covers the period from July 1 to July 23. We did not go into detail about the actual battle, since you can find ...