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Nestled in Gettysburg is a family-friendly camping escape with cabins, historic charm, and nearby trails

If you're craving some outdoor adventure, this family-friendly campground near historic Gettysburg should tick all of the ...
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Extreme heat forces retreat at Battle of Gettysburg commemorations

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from July 1-3, 1863. Records show that temperatures were in the 80s with the heat index reaching above 100 degrees. The 163rd anniversary ...
Daily Herald

Reliving the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, and discovering an Illinois connection

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

At Gettysburg, a Reporter Captured a Nation’s Loss, and His Own

Samuel Wilkeson Jr. filed a report for The Times from the battlefield. Then he went looking for a Union officer, his son.
The Washington Examiner

How we remember Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) After the Battle of ...
The National Interest

Did the Battle of Hanover Save the Union at Gettysburg?

The clash at Hanover kept Confederate cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart away from Robert E. Lee’s army at a critical moment in history—but there is more to the story. Historians have made much of ...
The Daily Item

Two Milton eighth-grade classes awarded battlefield history grant; will visit Gettysburg in April

MILTON — Two Milton Area School District eighth-grade teachers, Nathan Richie and Thomas Celona, and their eighth-grade classrooms will head to Gettysburg Battlefield and Museum this April. The ...