Autumn has arrived in historic Gettysburg. At The Gettysburg Experience we welcome the season with a series of historical articles, delicious fall recipes, and our updated Calendar of Events – all beginning on page 11 of this issue.

The sorrowful last years of General Robert E. Lee, and his painful memories of the war and Gettysburg in particular, are chronicled in “The Bitter & the Sweet”: General Lee’s Last Days beginning on page 17. Learn about Lincoln and those who influenced him during the war in “The Best of Us”: Lincoln’s Cabinet, beginning on page 29. The voices of the past come to us with “One Dread Chorus”: Gettysburg Remembered, beginning on page 39. And, just in time for Halloween, learn about the origin of The Graveyard Shift, our Editor’s Corner offering, on page 43.

Don’t forget our Trivia Questions, located on the bottom of every odd-numbered page. To ace the Trivia, be sure to read the articles first. Answers are found on page 45.

For your convenience, we offer an Advertisers’ Directory on page 46. We appreciate our advertisers, as they provide the only funding for the magazine. Please be sure and stop by their places of business. We do, and we highly recommend them.

Thank you for choosing The Gettysburg Experience, proud to be a part of this place called Gettysburg since 1997.