How rocks shaped the Civil War
Friday, March 18, 2016 - 10:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The most studied battleground from the American Civil War, from a geological perspective, is the rolling terrain surrounding Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Here, the mixture of harder igneous and softer sedimentary rocks produced famous landform features such as Cemetery Hill and Little Round Top that provided strong defensive positions for the Union Army. Another even more common […]