Famous for leading the ill-fated "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg, George Pickett was a West Point graduate who joined the Confederacy after Virginia's secession. At Fredericksburg, Pickett's men ...

Most people think of Gettysburg, PA, as a summer destination—the kind of place you visit when the fields are green and the streets are bustling with tourists. But if you’re thinking about visiting ...

Once we got home, I would deploy my troops on the floor of my bedroom and refight Pickett’s Charge, the failed Confederate assault on the Union lines that served as the bloody climax of the Battle of ...

"The Civil War was the most important event in American history, the crossroads of our being,” says documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, whose 1990 The Civil War won 40 major television and film honors.

On the tour, travelers will see Gettysburg National Military Park, Devils Den and Pickett's Charge. With the open-air tours, there’s a restroom/refreshment break as well as one (or more ...

The defense of the Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge are highlighted in the actual three day battle which is surrounded by the speeches of the commanding officers and the personal reflections ...