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Dec 1, 2022

A Minnesota regiment sacrificed itself to save the Union Army at Gettysburg

The 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment suffered the greatest single day loss of any U.S. Army unit ever during the Battle…

1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment fought in Civil War

Dec 1, 2022

Nov 17, 2022

3 Important factors that led to Pickett’s Charge and the end of the Confederacy

The Battle of Gettysburg, while it started off well for Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army, ended as…

Nov 17, 2022

BYRuddy Cano

Aug 5, 2022

Top 5 myths about US Presidents that aren’t true

U.S. presidents are always in the public limelight, and many things are said about them. We can’t help but wonder…

BYRuddy Cano

Aug 5, 2022

Jun 27, 2023

What the Confederates might have done if they won at Gettysburg

The Confederate general took the war to the Union on a number of occasions. Gettysburg was just the most decisive.

Jun 27, 2023

Jun 27, 2023

Robert E. Lee may have lost Gettysburg because of a heart attack

New studies show that Robert E. Lee may have suffered a heart attack during the Battle of Gettysburg. If he hadn’t, could he have won?

Jun 27, 2023

Dec 18, 2021

Here’s what it would look like if a modern Army fought the Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest in American history with over 7,000 soldiers killed in three days of fighting. (A single civilian, Mary Virginia Wade, was also killed.) But if the modern military fought the battle…

Dec 18, 2021

Oct 17, 2022

The northernmost Confederate attack was a raid on Vermont

We hear a lot about how Gettysburg was as far north as the Confederate Army could get, while that may be true for the Army of Northern Virginia, it wasn’t true for the entire Confederate armed forces. The actual northernmost fighting took place in …

Oct 17, 2022

Apr 21, 2021

6 wild artifacts at the Gettysburg Museum of History

Just getting to the Gettysburg Museum of History means walking through the scene of significant events in America’s past. The house that…

Apr 21, 2021

Apr 29, 2020

5 scenic battlefields every hiker should visit

To hike on a battlefield is to hike through history. The artillery pieces used for bombardments are silent now, either used as decoration or removed entirely. In many places, in fact, the signs of the bygone conflict are hard to see.

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Gettysburg death toll was so high that bodies were still being found in 1996

By the time the guns fell silent of the fields of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, more than 40,000 men lay dead, dying or wounded. A turning point of the civil war, the battle was also among the conflict’s bloodiest. Of the 94,000 Union tro…

Apr 29, 2020

BYVAntage Point

Apr 29, 2020

President Lincoln’s birthday includes an awesome VA tradition

President Abraham Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address, and the national cemeteries are inextricably connected in American history. Lincoln’s birthday on Feb. 12, 2019, is especially noteworthy this year because a historic tablet cast with his Gettysbur…

BYVAntage Point

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

This was the greatest artillery exchange of the Civil War

The Civil War was a revolutionary conflict for the planet with steam power, repeating rifles, and improved cannons all changing the face of warfare. European powers sent observers to see how battles were fought, and how the rules of combat evolved a…

Apr 29, 2020

Jan 28, 2019

How the most pivotal battle of the Civil War was fought

The three-day Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and one that tipped the scales in favor of the Union, started 155 years ago. The Union fielded 90,000 troops in the battle, and the Confederacy 75,000, according to hist…