Recommended Books: One Set in Louisiana and the Other in New York City
The Day the War Stopped The Civil War is remembered in many ways across the country, but one of the most unusual commemorations is “The Day the War Stopped,” held
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The Enduring Legacy of Gettysburg
The furious fighting in and about a bustling crossroads village in Pennsylvania for three days in July 1863 is Homeric in its scope. Every patch of hallowed ground on the
Gettysburg’s Honored Dead, Haunted Survivors
It was summer when they fell, dying in the searing heat and drenching humidity of an unforgiving early July—scattered amid fields of wheat, groves of peach trees, round-topped hills, and