The most famous battle in American History is the Battle of Gettysburg. On the first days of July in 1863, the Union Army of the Potomac under Gen. George Meade defeated the Army of Northern Virginia led by Gen. Robert E. Lee. The climactic attack was Pickett’s Charge. 15,000 Read more…
John Burns is the most famous sexagenarian that fought in the Civil War. John was born on Sept. 5, 1793. He fought in the War of 1812 (the Battle of Lundy’s Lane) and in the Mexican War. He moved to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. When the Civil War broke out, he Read more…
One of the most dangerous jobs in a Civil War army was carrying your unit’s flag into battle. The colors, as they were called were carried at the front of the unit as it moved towards the enemy. This made them a clear target for enemy fire, plus there Read more…
Joshua Chamberlain taught himself Greek before he went to college. After graduating, he became a professor of rhetoric and oratory at Bowdoin College in Maine. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted without telling his family, including his wife. He believed that even intellectuals like himself should sacrifice to Read more…
It would have been more accurately called “Longstreet’s Charge” as it involved three of his divisions – Pickett, Pettigrew, and Trimble. That was a total of 12,500-15,000 men. It was Lee’s desperate attempt to end the Civil War in one day. In the first two days of the battle, he Read more…