Bayonets, rifled muskets, cannons and infections all contributed to the carnage that took place over 150 years ago. The weather, however, created some causalities as well.

Concise overview of the Battle of Gettysburg. Also includes links to related resources such as maps, military bios, videos, and pictures.

Links to many primary sources concerning the Battle of Gettysburg. This includes memoirs, letters, and newspaper articles.

It was the biggest battle of the war, unequaled in scale and violence by anything seen before or since on this continent. Two immense armies collided in the fields and orchards and woods around Gettysburg, Pa., on July 1, 1863, and fought for three days, full-bore, no quarter given, a massive smash-up that was arguably the pivotal moment of the great conflict that sits at the heart of American history.

New technology gives researchers the chance to re-examine how the Civil War battle was won and lost with a cutting-edge interactive map.

Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Regiment have received acclaim for their role at the Battle of Gettysburg, but often overlooked is another unit of soldiers from Maine that also did its part on the killing fields of Pennsylvania.

The enigmatic Confederate general led the fateful Battle of Gettysburg 140 years ago this month. It was not his finest hour.

Two Letters by North Carolina Soldiers Describe the Battle of Gettysburg.

There are five known copies of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's handwriting, each with a slightly different text, and named for the people who first received them: Nicolay, Hay, Everett, Bancroft and Bliss. Two copies apparently were written before delivering the speech, one of which probably was the reading copy. The remaining ones were produced months later for soldier benefit events.

Drawn from the Library Of Congress' collections, this exhibition gathers the key documents linked to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

President Lincoln was not the featured speaker for the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery on November 19, 1863, a little more than four months after the Battle of Gettysburg. Yet history has proclaimed his Gettysburg Address one of the greatest speeches ever made.

The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg stopped Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. It was the deadliest battle of the Civil War, with over 50,000 casualties during the three day battle, a scale of suffering never seen before or since in America. The Union won victory and had new life injected into its war effort. The Confederacy saw its best chance at striking a deadly blow against the North and demoralizing them slip away.

The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg stopped Robert E. Lee’s second invasion of the North. It was the deadliest battle of the Civil War, with over 50,000 casualties during the three day battle, a scale of suffering never seen before or since in America. The Union won victory and had new life injected into its war effort. The Confederacy saw its best chance at striking a deadly blow against the North and demoralizing them slip away.

In this podcast, learn how the unknown Meade managed to save the Union and defeat a seemingly invincible army that began a cascade of Union victories culminating at Appomattox less than two years later.

Former history professor discusses the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle in American history.