Gettysburg was no ordinary battle. These maps reveal how Lee lost the fight. The distinctive terrain—from its hills and ridges to its rocks and fields—played a pivotal role in the July 1863 ...

Review the map shown in the clip. What trends do you see? Who ... Having learned about Jeffrey Harding and Jon Nese’s project studying the weather during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, ...

This story originally appeared in The Centre County Gazette. It was mid-June in 1863, and Union soldiers were on the move, ...

The 30-by-30-foot contoured map illuminates in sequence to show how the 1863 battle unfolded. It debuted at the Gettysburg Visitor Center in 1963, but the National Park Service pulled the plug ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) – On the second day of fighting at Gettysburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee listened to scouting reports, scanned the battlefield and ordered his second-in-command, James ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — On the second day of fighting at Gettysburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee listened to scouting reports, scanned the battlefield and ordered his second-in-command, James ...

“The Children of Gettysburg 1863 Museum is an interactive experience for kids, where they get to learn the stories of six kids who actually lived here during the battle,” she says.

The Battle of Gettysburg took place over three grueling days, July 1-3 in 1863. It occurred as a result of Confederate (South) General Robert E. Lee’s ambitious invasion into the North, and ...

Battlefield guide Jeffrey Harding and Penn State University professor Jon Nese provide opening remarks for the lesson about how weather impacted the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.

To reconstruct the battlefield as it existed in 1863, researchers used historical maps, texts and photos to note the location of wooden fences, stone walls, orchards, forests, fields, barns and ...

The geographer applied GIS to find out what Lee could see and what he couldn't. To reconstruct the battlefield as it existed in 1863, researchers used historical maps, texts and photos to note the ...