Gettysburg

When the Confederate Army engaged the Union Army at Gettysburg in July 1863, an area of little value known as "the Wheatfield" suddenly became the focus of intense conflict.

Engaged in the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War, nearly 30,000 soldiers are killed in three days of fighting at Gettysburg. Many of these brave souls are forgotten as they fall.

Arguably America's greatest general since George Washington, General Robert E. Lee gambled his army and the future of the Confederacy in one epic battle during three bloodiest days in American history.

A college professor from Maine, Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain rose through the ranks of the Union Army to become one of the most celebrated figures in the annals of the Civil War.

Hundreds of witnesses have encountered the paranormal in Gettysburg, PA, making it one of America's most haunted towns. What do these spirits want us to know about the bloodiest battle ever fought on North American soil?

Confederate General Robert E. Lee has won battle after battle against the Union Army, prompting a frustrated President Lincoln to appoint General George Meade to lead the Union to fight another day.

Scientific experts and military historians attempt to better understand the Battle of Gettysburg through evidence that now suggests that as the battle started, the Confederate fight was already doomed.

This special strips away the romanticized veneer of the Civil War to tell the story of the soldiers on the ground instead of the generals who safely commanded from behind the frontlines.