The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

Insider Tip: You’re going to find out that walking into the Horse Soldier Gettysburg feels less like entering a shop and more like stepping ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — As re-enacted war raged several miles away, tourists strolled a commercial strip of Gettysburg to survey T-shirts, hats and other trinkets to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ...

Cats, clay, and Civil War history? As soon as I heard about the Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum in Gettysburg—where tiny clay cats bring key Civil War moments to life—I knew I had to ...