Letter from Dr. Spencer Glasgow Welch, a surgeon with the 13th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Camp near Orange Court House, Virginia August 2, 1863 DEAREST:
Tag: Pennsylvania Campaign
From Florence McCarthy, 7th Virginia
Letter from Florence McCarthy, a chaplain for the 7th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Williamsport, Maryland July 10, 1863 DEAR SISTER: I saw Billy a few days
The Battle of Gettysburg: Day One
July 1, 1863 – Advance elements of the Federal and Confederate armies clashed in southern Pennsylvania, beginning what would grow into the most terrible battle
Armies Converge in Southern Pennsylvania
June 30, 1863 – Cavalry from the Federal Army of the Potomac arrived at Gettysburg from the south, just as infantry from the Confederate Army
Jeb Stuart’s Fateful Raid
June 23, 1863 – Confederate Major General Jeb Stuart planned to atone for his near-defeat at Brandy Station, but he disrupted General Robert E. Lee’s
Confederates Invade Pennsylvania
June 20, 1863 – Federal and Confederate cavalries dueled as the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia entered Pennsylvania and panic gripped the region. With a