To secure the crossing meant everything. There, armies were stopped or raids carried out into the North or the South.

General Robert E. Lee and General Ambrose Powell Hill in Cashtown, PA.

Virginia infantrymen march their way across almost a mile of open ground to attack the Union center during Pickett’s Charge.

Nathan Bedford Forrest at the death of his younger brother, making a decision to charge the enemy position.

Now at Chambersburg, vengeance replaces combat.

The veteran Confederate infantry.

Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg moments before launching Pickett’s Charge.

Troop K, 10th US Cavalry Regiment picks up the trail in pursuit of the hostile Apache band led by the warrior Geronimo.

Elements of the 4th and 5th Texas Infantry Regiments assault the extreme left of the Union line during the bloodiest day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

June 30, 1863, Gettysburg, PA – Looking Southward along Baltimore St from the square to the Adams County Courthouse.

President George Washington reviews the army as it departs to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

Union Major General John Reynolds prepares to commit the First Corps at Gettysburg.