Remembering the Battle of Gettysburg

Civil War re-enactors converge on the town of Gettysburg for the annual Day of Remembrance, a march through town on the weekend anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, to the battlefield to memorialize the tremendous sacrifice of soldiers from both sides of the conflict. With the 150th anniversary of the three day Battle of Gettysburg approaching, interest in the history of the Civil War is increasing.Civil War re-enactors converge on the town of Gettysburg for the annual Day of Remembranc (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)