The Gettysburg Experience
magazine, a publication exploring the Gettysburg of yesterday and today. We offer an array of interesting articles – most of which have a direct relation to historic Gettysburg from the Colonial era through the turn of the 21st century, often with an emphasis on the famous battle that occurredin the summer of 1863.

The Gettysburg Experience also offers a comprehensive Events Calendar (for those who want to know what special happenings to attend when they visit – any time of the year), delicious recipes, Gettysburg trivia, profiles of people and area businesses,

Having served the Gettysburg area since 1997, The Gettysburg Experience now extends our magazine to a wider circulation of readers, offering a glimpse into one of America’s most fascinating towns.

This Month's Headlines:

Editor's Letter
May has arrived in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is a month of commemoration and remembrance, and we at The Gettysburg Experience offer in this issue an array of articles to make it easier for you to catch a better glimpse of things past.
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Dark Errands
As darkness fell on Thursday, July 2, 1863, the bloodiest day of the Battle of Gettysburg drew to a close on the Union left south of town; it still raged at the other end of the line. One soldier of many found himself alive and only slightly wounded after the brutal conflict at the Peach Orchard near the Emmitsburg Road. Captain Adolfo de Cavada had last seen his brother, a regimental commander, surrounded by smoke and men in gray – General Barksdale’s Mississippians. Concerned for the fate of his brother, the young captain also remembered seeing one of his close friends and colleagues, Captain William H. Chester, fall in the battle.
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Artworks: Pennsylvania Treasures
Historic Gettysburg has long been a town of business, even before the men in blue and gray marched into Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863. Artworks, located at 34 York Street, just steps from Lincoln Square, continues the tradition of offering fine gifts and collectibles, most of them created by local
Pennsylvania crafters and artisans.
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Arabella Barlow: A Gettysburg Heroine
In the late afternoon of July 1, 1863, a young woman serving as a nurse with the Union army learned some drastic news. Her husband, a division commander in the 11th Corps, was severely wounded in battle. She asked permission to cross over into Confederate lines to care for him, and it was denied. But Arabella Barlow was determined to reach her husband, and her decision made history at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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150 years Ago: Fire and Music
May 1862 was a month where much Civil War history was made. After managing to keep McClellan and the Union army at bay, General Joe Johnston realized that their luck was waning, and vacated his troops from Yorktown, Virginia to redeploy nearer to Richmond. McClellan, realizing that the Confederates had left, attacked and took the town on May 5. On that same day, Union and Confederate troops clashed at the Battle of Williamsburg, a fight that inflicted much heavier casualties on both sides than the vacated and nearly bloodless fight at Yorktown.
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A Family Divided
The Civil War was called a fratricidal conflict for good reason. From within the ranks and into the high command, and even in the White House, families were divided and estranged because of the broken nation. This division also came to the town of Gettysburg.
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