Zócalo Public Square is a magazine of ideas from Arizona State University Knowledge Enterprise. “Do you have the kind of bullet that killed Lincoln?” asked a tourist buying a Derringer pistol, wearing ...

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery at the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Four months before, about 50,000 soldiers ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Photos depicting amicable veterans that will be displayed during the 150th anniversary of Civil War events this summer at Gettysburg don't accurately represent how many felt ...

– The Gettysburg Foundation will open the historic George Spangler Farm Civil War Field Hospital site to visitors on weekends, June 8 through August 12. Visitors will be transported back to July and ...

On July 4, the United States of America will celebrate its 250th anniversary. There’s also another major historical ...

• Part 25 -- April 1863: Civil War reaches its halfway point as jobs and culture flourish locally and Lincoln looks to enlist God on Union side • Part 26 -- Civil War: May 1863 marks deaths of ...

HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) - (This June 2 story was refiled to show last find of Civil War dead at Gettysburg, not nationally, in 1996 in the sixth paragraph.) The skull of a Civil War soldier and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. The 150 th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg—the most ...

(Reuters) - Confederate General Robert E. Lee was "virtually blind" to the superior positions held by Union troops hidden by rolling hills and valleys, which contributed to his downfall at the pivotal ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Hundreds of spectators and thousands of reenactors gathered in Gettysburg for the 154th Annual Gettysburg Civil War Battle Reenactment. Rain or shine, the battle went on, and it ...

After a brief glimpse of hope that the 157th Gettysburg Civil War Reenactment would indeed be held in 2020, it once again looks like the annual event commemorating the pivotal battle in our backyard ...