The bloodiest battle of the Civil War happened in Pennsylvania. During the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army fought Gen. George G. Meade’s Army of the ...

The Battle of Gettysburg saw excessive heat and a severe thunderstorm, likely piling on the casualties to the biggest battle ...

The battle was over by 4 p.m. that afternoon, and it is considered one of the last major Civil War battles. In his account of the battle, Averell stated that his intent was to leave Echols ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

Gettysburg is most renowned for the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and the turning point of that ...

The Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War. The deadliest battle of the Civil War took place on this small piece of farmland that has become known simply as Gettysburg.

Though the Battle of Gettysburg was one of the largest and bloodiest of the war, two battles were even larger in terms of the number of engaged forces: The Battle of Fredericksburg from Dec. 11 to ...

CROWN POINT | A century and a half ago, Crown Point's Joseph Sprague stood among the mourners as Col. John Wheeler was buried in a city ceremony that attracted more than 1,000 people. On Tuesday ...

On this day before our Independence day, The Battle of Gettysburg ended, signaling the end of the Civil War that took over 600,000 lives. The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil ...

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America’s Bloodiest Day. More Americans died on Sept. 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam, ... Scene at re-enactment of Civil War battle at Sharpsburg, Md, described; photos (M) ...