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, ...

After the Battle of Gettysburg ended, 43-year-old Basil Biggs, a prominent member of the black community in the once-thriving town, returned to his tenant farm to discover the cost of the largest ...

The feature film, which shot multiple scenes in Gettysburg, will be released in the fall.

The Col. Henry Ryerson Civil War Round Table will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at Sussex County Community College’s Student Center Theater in the D Building.

Gabor S. Boritt, renowned author, scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War, founder of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, and ...