Detail from the 4th New York Cavalry monument at Gettysburg. The regiment spent the first three days of July picketing outside of Gettysburg, then joined in the pursuit of the enemy on July 4. Photo by Andy Turner

Grave of John Appleton in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia. Appleton was a recruiting officer for the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the regiment commanded by Robert Gould Shaw at Fort Wagner and made famous in the movie Glory. He survived the war and lived into his 80s when he was gored to death by a bull. Photo by Andy Turner

Left flank marker of the 19th Maine Infantry at Gettysburg. Located along the stone wall on Cemetery Ridge just south of the Copse of Trees, the position was held by the regiment as Pickett’s Charge approached. After firing into the Confederates heading for the Copse, the 19th Maine moved to their right and joined in the hand-to-hand fighting that repulsed the Charge. Photo by Andy Turner

The Italian marble statue representing the Confederate soldiers who fought in the Civil War overlooking the square in downtown Franklin, Tennessee. It was erected 35 years after the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1899. Photo by Andy Turner

Monument to the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry at Gettysburg. All but one company was attached to army headquarters during the battle. On July 3, during Pickett’s Charge, General Meade ordered the regiment to “charge the assaulting column should it succeed in breaking the infantry line in front.” Photo by Sonny Fulks

The West Virginia state capitol building in Charleston. When a convention voted for Virginia to secede, a group of Virginians from the western counties walked out, threatening to form their own state. On June 20, 1863, the state of West Virginia entered the Union. Photo by Andy Turner

Statue of William H. H. Beadle in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building. Beadle enlisted in the Union army in 1861 and had risen to the rank of brigadier general by the war’s end. Beadle’s statue represents the state of South Dakota. Beadle drafted the school lands provision for the South Dakota state constitution in 1885. Photo by Andy Turner

The Civil War section of Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate, Kentucky. The cemetery includes the grave of Medal of Honor recipient William H. Horsfall. Photo by Silas Felton

Grave of Thomas L. Broun in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia. In the spring of 1861 Broun authorized his brother Joseph to buy a good horse for their use in the war. When Robert E. Lee saw the horse, he took a liking to him. Lee eventually bought the horse and renamed him Traveller. Photo by Andy Turner

The Old Courthouse in Petersburg, Virginia. Built in the late 1830s, the building was the Confederate headquarters during the siege. Soldiers from both sides were able to see the tower clock and used it to set their watches. Photo by Andy Turner