Gettysburg As They Saw It: The Battlefield the Soldiers Knew (Shaun C.GRENAN/AMP) calendar and whether a feint by

and whether a feint by his men late in the day caused the Confederate infantry to form “squares” (a Napoleonic defensive tactic)

Yet Rawlins's role in Grant's career is often overlooked

a successful operation that led to the capture of Norfolk

Harris’s sweeping prose relies almost exclusively on original archival research and a deep personal knowledge of the terrain

The 17th Maine fought ably in the confused and bloody action in the Wheatfield

Gettysburg As They Saw It: The Battlefield the Soldiers Knew (Shaun C.GRENAN/AMP) calendar and whether a feint bySince July 4th, 1863, the Gettysburg battlefield has been changing. The hundreds of thousands of men, horses, wagons, and cannon changed the face of the landscape forever during the three horrific days of battle. After the armies moved on, the fallen were buried, the hospitals closed up, and throngs of tourists began to arrive over the decades. The millions of tourists, alongside modern industry, construction, roads, restaurants, entertainment,