The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Blog

You may first know Jeff Shaara for his cooperative effort with his father Michael Shaara; together they brought the Civil War into comfy chairs all across the country. The two partnered to render the thrilling Civil War trilogy: “Killer Angels,” “Gods and Generals” and “The Last Full Measure.”
Maybe books aren’t for you, but you’ve sat through [...]

Well, it’s Veteran’s Day and I’m sure we have plenty of veterans that visit Gettysburg every year. We have plenty of veterans buried here.
The U.S Civil War is one of the bloodiest wars in history. Ever since this historic moment in our nation’s history, we have honored our veterans in a very special way. Today [...]

Gettysburg built its new visitor center and museum and restored the Cyclorama, but now the National Park Service is involved in a lawsuit over the old location of Cyclorama. They want to demolish the building while Recent Past Preservation Network located in Virginia wants to keep it.
A public hearing is taking place right now [...]

I didn’t realize that George Will, a popular conservative columnist for The Washington Post, had written a column honoring the new Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center. But he did.
He said some pretty striking things in that column, some of them politically charged, others of them socially on target, and all of them historically enlightening. Among [...]

When French painter Paul Philippoteaux and his team of 20 assistants created the cyclorama that depicts Pickett’s Charge and the Battle of Gettysburg back in the 1880s, I’m betting they didn’t know that at one time it would need restoration work and that it cost $16 million to do it. But that is the case.
The [...]

Enjoy this video footage of a Gettysburg reenactment:

A tragic accident has a 17-year-old Gettysburg reenactor in the hospital following a shot in the foot by another reenactor. Initially the accident was reported as a self-inflicted wound. Further investigation revealed it to be a case of another young reenactor fooling around and shooting the 17-year-old in the foot.
Here are the details as I [...]

Through mid-August, the National Park Service offers ranger-guided tours to visitors of the Gettysburg battlefield and surrounding area. Not only can you see the entire battlefield, you’ll get a better understanding of history through the eyes of the park rangers. You can learn about Civil War battle history, medical practices of the time, and take [...]

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently installed 73 “wayfinding” signs along the Pennsylvania Civil War trail. The trail runs through York and Adams counties, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, Franklin and Lancaster counties.
If you see one of these signs you’ll know that you are following the civil war trail, the path of the civil war [...]

After a five-year hiatus, the Gettysburg Cyclorama is scheduled to reopen in September. A cyclorama is a huge photo or video presentation inside of an enclosed area, usually a walled area, but in the case of the Gettysburg Cyclorama it is a huge canvas in which visitors will be able to stand in the middle [...]