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Get Me Out of Here by Katie W Get me out of here! This isn’t what I signed up for.These conditions are horrible like getting stung by 10 bees.I wanna go home. Get me out of here!For I am in pain.The “nurses” and “doctors” are a sham.They deserve no homage. Get me out of here!My […]

GETTYSBURG 1863 by Constance Trump (Gettysburg, Pa.) Day One. Day One.A morning mist like teardrops kissedslate silhouettes at break of dayriding from the west on their questwith little left to say.Buford’s steeds thundered through the fieldsleaving silence on their heelsand blades of grass that bid them passamidst their graceful sway.While yonder, with weary marching feetfrom […]

Gettysburg 2nd US Cavalry by Patricia Bruno (San Jose, CA) I was visiting my sister in Northern Virginia when we planned a trip to Gettysburg for us. I was pleasantly surprised to see there was going to be a cavalry reenactment while we were there. It was very fun and educational to watch and after […]

gettysburg address by solomon,maselli (iowa) Galient fighters Ever waiting for night,Three days of battle Testing their might,Yet on the South marches to certain death,Because Lee made them march,Under grants watchfull eyeRegretfull he was, forGalient men died that dayAll because of one mans mistake.Down they fall,Dead to the world,Rest in peaceEvery day of every night,Soldiers against […]

A full appreciation of the town is not possible without a basic understanding of the Gettysburg battle history and where events took place. The fighting lasted only three days in July of 1863 yet the effects have been felt ever since. It’s been over 150 years since the Battle of Gettysburg ended on July 3, […]

Gettysburg Battle Photos Those Gettysburg battle photos taken by Civil War photographers on the scene after the actual battle are so old that they are now public domain. That means that the copyright has expired and the Gettysburg pictures may be freely distributed. They are a primary source for historical information since they are first-hand […]