Famous for leading the ill-fated "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg, George Pickett was a West Point graduate who joined the Confederacy after Virginia's secession. At Fredericksburg, Pickett's men ...

The year was 1913, and it was July – a month marked by heavy air and hot summer sun. George Thom, an elderly citizen from Hutchinson, boarded a train that was heading southeast to ...

Double Canister at Ten Yards is an excellent look at the Union artillery in action, and will prove a useful read for anyone with an interest in Gettysburg or in the artillery during the Civil War.

Work is being done to preserve an important part of Civil War history. Sign up for our Newsletters The Gettysburg Cyclorama, ...

At the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center, the famous cyclorama painting depicting the climax of Pickett’s Charge is getting cleaned ...

(Continued below map) What became known as "Pickett's Charge" ended in failure. After it breached the Union lines on Cemetery Ridge for just a moment, counterattacks sent the assaulting troops ...

"The Civil War was the most important event in American history, the crossroads of our being,” says documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, whose 1990 The Civil War won 40 major television and film honors.

This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg ... culminating in George Pickett's legendary charge. This extended episode then chronicles ...

On the tour, travelers will see Gettysburg National Military Park, Devils Den and Pickett's Charge. With the open-air tours, there’s a restroom/refreshment break as well as one (or more ...

The State College wrestling team withstood Gettysburg’s six-bout winning streak in the middle of Wednesday’s Mid-Penn Conference dual and closed with three big wins to pull out a 37-27 victory.