At night the Confederate army held the same position from which it had driven the enemy two days previous.Continuing Battle of Gettysburg,with a
Priests Reach Detroit and Saut Ste. Marie
This is the first recorded passage of white men through the Strait of Detroit; though Joliet had, no doubt, passed this way on his return from the
Pickett Organizes His Forces at Gettysburg
But there was now to occur a scene of moral sublimity and heroism unequalled in the war.Continuing Battle of Gettysburg,with a selection from The
Confederate Army’s Second Day at Gettysburg
The contest here was intensely exciting and terrible. The gloom of the falling night was lighted up by the flashes of the enemy’s guns.Continuing
Confederates’ Successful First Day at Gettysburg
There should not be lost from the records of the individual heroism of the Confederacy an incident of this battle.Continuing Battle of
Gettysburg From the Confederate Side
July 1, 10 am 3 miles west of Gettysburg units of the Union army first encountered.Continuing Battle of Gettysburg,Today is our final installment
Union Army Just After Gettysburg
Meade's operations on the 4th and 5th were confined chiefly to reconnoissances to determine Lee's purposes.Continuing Battle of Gettysburg,with a
Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg
Early in the afternoon the artillery from Seminary Ridge and Longstreet's center opened with all the power of its metal.Continuing Battle of
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 2
Landing, passing the fort, and walking southward along the shore, one would soon have left the rough clearings, and entered the primeval