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Copperhead

Opens Friday, Jun 28, 2013 Synopsis: Billy Campbell, Angus Macfadyen, and Peter Fonda star in this Civil War drama adapted from Harold Frederic's novel The Copperhead, and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell (Gettysburg, Gods and Generals). Set in the fall of 1862, the story details the hardships endured by an upstate New York farmer branded a "Copperhead" by his government and his neighbors for believing that the war was futile, and advocating that the Northern states negotiate a peace treaty with the South. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Billy Campbell, Angus MacFadyen, Augustus Prew, Lucy Boynton, Casey Thomas Brown Movie Details Buy Tickets Movie Review

Gettysburg, buggy rides and chocolate

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- A slice of Civil War history...Lee's bullet-scarred headquarters in Gettysburg, to a meandering buggy ride to see...as the Lincoln Highway, to start in Gettysburg, site of the bloodiest battle ever...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/09/21/liv_389677.shtml
Life & style
A festival centered around Gettysburg Address

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - We know now that Abraham Lincoln...of the 10 sentences that made up the Gettysburg Address by saying, "The world will...president had been asked to come to Gettysburg to offer "a few appropriate remarks...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/01/13/ent_332673.shtml
Things to Do
Major Gettysburg work starts with restoring stream

GETTYSBURG, Pa.- Returning a stream to its Civil...in a $95 million project to send the Gettysburg battlefield back in time. The stream...offered tourists a sweeping view of Gettysburg National Military Park. The not-for-profit...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/06/05/liv_455153.shtml
Life & style
Longtime Gettysburg coach taking leave of absence

GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Barry Streeter, head football coach at Gettysburg College for the last 26 years, will take a leave...Streeter has a career record of 132-126-5 with Gettysburg. Streeter will be replaced this season by defensive...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/08/17/col_425529.shtml
College
Ask us: Gettysburg talk took 2 minutes

Q: How long did it take President Lincoln to recite the Gettysburg address? A: On Nov. 19, 1863, Lincoln took 2 minutes to deliver his now-famous speech dedicating the battlefield at Gettysburg as a national cemetery. Coverage of his part in the ceremony...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/04/13/met_226000.shtml
Metro
Kenneth S. Mink (GETTYSBURG, Pa.)

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - LTC (RET) Kenneth S. Mink, Sr., 69, 299 Friendship Lane, Gettysburg, PA who died suddenly at his home Wednesday...at 2:00 PM from Monahan Funeral Home in Gettysburg. Interment will be in Arlington National...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/02/16/obi_116776.shtml
Obituaries
Confederate memorial honors Richmond County soldiers

...years ago.One is Henry Zinn, killed on the second day of Gettysburg, but recalled by his old Sunday school "for kind attention...son of Dr. William B. and Mary Cheesborough, killed at Gettysburg, "leading his men in the battle.''There is James A...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-27/confederate-memorial-honors-r
Move over, Gettysburg

...now have the finest collection in the world," Mr. Bruns said. "There now are two (Civil War) pilgrimage sites ... Gettysburg and us. And ours is the best." He said cost of the acquisition was in the "multimillion-dollar" range but would not...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/01/23/met_48391.shtml
Metro
Santorum suspends campaign

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Rick Santorum is suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to become...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-04-10/santorum-suspends-campaign