John Gibbon
As the bright red sun was slowly setting over their shoulders on the balmy evening of August 28, 1862, Union troops marching east along the Warrenton Turnpike knew nothing of what awaited them. Read more
John Gibbon
On East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg National Military Park, an equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock stands facing west toward the Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse. Read more
John Gibbon
We can never know what frantic thoughts raced through George Armstrong Custer’s mind in the last hour of his life. Read more
John Gibbon
Word spread like wildfire through the camps of the Army of the Potomac during the second week of November 1862: “Little Mac” was out, “Old Burn” was in. Read more
John Gibbon
Lieutenant Colonel Horace Porter, personal aide to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, maneuvered his mount past ammunition wagons, ambulances, stragglers, and prisoners jamming the muddy roads leading back to headquarters from Five Forks, Virginia, on the evening of April 1, 1865. Read more
John Gibbon
The White House was a somber place in the summer of 1862. The Civil War was in the midst of its second costly year, and the Union armies had yet to win a significant victory in the eastern theater. Read more
John Gibbon
The ground around Manassas, Virginia, was not auspicious for Union Army forces in the first two years of the Civil War. Read more
John Gibbon
The dismounted cavalrymen began moving quietly through the swamp before daybreak. In some places they sank in the water to their knees. Read more
