On June 30, 1861 Union Brigadier General John Buford arrived in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the 1 st Cavalry Division of 3,000 men. After assessing the situation and consulting with his command ...

Tim Smith, middle right, narrates the Battle of Gettysburg from the vantage point of the cupola above Schmucker Hall during the Adams County Historical Society's tour of the hall. Standing in the ...

The Shippensburg Civil War Roundtable will meet Nov. 18. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in the basement of Christ United Methodist Church, 47 E. King St., Shippensburg. The program will feature ...

Gettysburg College's Glatfelter Hall is seen from the cupola of Schmucker Hall on the campus of Lutheran Theological Seminary, the institution that loaned its name to Seminary Ridge of Battle of ...

This outstanding volume by author Eric Wittenberg opens by introducing us to John Buford and the men he led. The narrative provides a concise account of Buford's role in the Gettysburg Campaign, ...

Last week marked the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg, the most famous battle of the Civil War. The Union victory on July 1-3, 1863, checked the northern invasion of Robert E. Lee and is considered the ...

John Buford was born March 4, 1826, near Versailles, the first son of John and Anne Bannister Buford. After his mother died from cholera in 1835, the family moved to Rock Island, Ill. At the age of 15 ...

According to the National Park Service, there are approximately 3,218 monuments and tablets on the Gettysburg Battlefield, including about 400 cannons. The tubes or barrels of the vast majority of ...

Culp's Hill, part of the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1863. This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical ...

According to the National Park Service, there are approximately 3,218 monuments and tablets on the Gettysburg Battlefield, including about 400 cannons. The tubes or barrels of the vast majority of ...