There are probably more people in these United States who know the opening lines of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address than there are citizens aware of the details of that momentous battle, the turning point of the Civil War. (Foreword by Martin Sheen.)

I went to Gettysburg for the first time in March 1988. (The Artist's Acknowledgments by Mort Kunstler.)

In the spring of 1863 the American Civil War entered its third year. (Part one)