Around 4:00 p.m., Union positions north and west of Gettysburg broke. Federal troops retreated through town to Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill, forming a fishhook-shaped line along Cemetery Ridge.

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Between July 1st and July 3rd, 1863 thousands of men – from both sides of the divide - engaged in a bloody and tactical battle in the borough and town of Gettysburg in the state of Pennsylvania.

On Sunday, May 18, the Newtown Historical Society in conjunction with the C.H. Booth Library presented “Gettysburg — Three ...

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The police chief of Gettysburg is set to depart the borough after six years of service, with Mechanicsburg Borough Council unanimously voting on Tuesday to approve the chief's hiring as their new ...

With 100% of precincts reporting, Chad-Alan Carr is leading Gettysburg Mayor Rita Frealing in the Democratic primary. Carr is an at-large member of the Gettysburg ...

That was the casualty rate of Winona’s Company K of the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry regiment at the battle of Gettysburg, with 25 of the 31 soldiers in the battle killed or wounded.

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The incident, known mostly only to Civil War buffs, occurred at the critical climax of that war’s decisive battle, at Gettysburg, on July 3 — 150 years ago. Under the gifted leadership of Gen.