It was 145 years ago today, the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, began. Two mighty armies – the Army of the Potomac under Union Maj. Gen. George Meade and the Army of Northern Virginia ...

On the afternoon of July 2, 1863, Colonel Harrison Jeffords ... was the first man in his county to answer Lincoln’s call for volunteers. Before Gettysburg, Colvill’s regiment held the dubious ...

Seven score and 18 years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief but consequential speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ... but the night after his November 19, 1863 address, he was plagued by something ...

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.

Today is the 216th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. It’s a date in 1809 that he shares with another famous figure of the 19th century, Charles Darwin. But it was also ...

One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S. history -- was the battle of Gettysburg. During the three days of July ... humiliated Abraham Lincoln, and ...

It’s already hotter than 90 degrees here at the 161st annual reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg in July and it’s ... bonds of affection,” as Abraham Lincoln said in his first inaugural ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln ... rhetoric, Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the war itself. His Gettysburg Address (1863) and Second ...

It was here that Confederate troops clashed with Union soldiers for three days in July 1863 ... on Nov. 19, 1863 and is where former President Abraham Lincoln gave his iconic "Gettysburg Address." ...

Considered the turning point of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was also the bloodiest, amassing an estimated 51,000 casualties. The three-day conflict took place in July 1863 at what is ...

On November 19, 1863 ... President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in a speech known as the Gettysburg Address.