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Matt Atkinson, a Gettysburg National Military Park ranger, discussed the post war life of former Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He highlighted Lee’s efforts to promote a reconciliatory a…

Gettysburg National Military Park ranger Karlton Smith talked about the role of Confederate Gen. James Longstreet in the 1865 Appomattox Campaign. Using maps and describing troop movement, h…

Gettysburg National Militaryl Park ranger Bert Barnett detailed Union General Sherman’s early 1865 campaign in South Carolina following his “March to the Sea” in Georgia. He explained how Sh…

Gettysburg National Military Park ranger Angie Atkinson talked about the formation and combat experience of the Union Army’s Irish Brigade. She described the standing of recent Irish immigra…

Panelists talked about the effects of over 700,000 Civil War deaths on the United States population in the mid-19th century. The United States lost about 2% of its population as a result of …

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson, and others spoke at an event commemorating the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and…

Frank O’Reilly talked about the Battle of Chancellorsville, which was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The fighting resulted in more than 30,000 causali…

Historians, writers, and scholars commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The event took place at Gettysburg National Military Park and included guests such as Harold…

Barbara Sanders talked about Dr. Jonathan Letterman, medical director of the Union Army of the Potomac, and how his systems of transport, supply, and treatment led to improvements in the car…

Ken Burns was the featured speaker at an annual observation at Soldiers' National Cemetery of President Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.” The ceremony marked the 145th anniversary of …

Gettysburg Battlefield guide, Gary Kross, led a tour of Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg. He described various historical aspects of the cemetery.

As part of the ceremony marking the 137th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, an actor portraying President Lincoln delivered the address. This is part of program 161146-1.

Tina Grim, Vice President of the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, read a letter from Tom Brokaw, NBC News, explaining that he could not attend since he was covering the impeachment procee…

After a book signing, Tony Horwitz talked about his book, Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War, published by Random House, and about the legacy of the Civil Wa…

Gary Gallager talked about the life and military career of General Robert E. Lee. Mr. Gallagher is also the editor of Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership, an…

Thomas Desjardin talked about the battle of Gettysburg and the myths that are associated with the battle. Mr. Desjardin is the author of, Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and t…

D. Scott Hartwig, Park Ranger, Gettysburg National Military Park talked about his book "A Killer Angels Companion", published by Thomas Publications. Introduced at Gettysburg National Milita…

New York Governor Mario Cuomo gave remarks on the 126th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The ceremony begins with the presentation of colors, the National Anthem, an invo…