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The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory in the summer of 1863 that ended General Robert

E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy", it

was

the war's bloodiest battle with 51,000 casualties. It also provided President Abraham Lincoln with the setting for his most

famous

address. The Gettysburg Battlefield was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1 to July 3, 1863, in and

around the

borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the county seat of Adams County, which had approximately 2,400 residents

at the time. It

is now the site of two historic landmarks: Gettysburg National Military Park and the Gettysburg National Cemetery.

Gettysburg National Cemetery is located on Cemetery Hill in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg,

with

the support of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin, the site was purchased and Union dead were moved from shallow

and

inadequate burial sites on the battlefield to the cemetery. The removal of Confederate dead from the field burial plots was

not

undertaken until seven years after the battle.

The cemetery was dedicated on November 19, 1863. The main speaker at the ceremony was Edward Everett, but it was here

that Abraham Lincoln delivered his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. The night before, Lincoln slept in Wills's

house

on the main square in Gettysburg, which is now a landmark administered by the National Park Service. The cemetery

was

completed in March of 1864 with the last of 3,512 Union dead were reburied. It became a National Cemetery on May 1,

1872,

when control was transferred to the War Department. It is currently administered by the National Park Service as part of

Gettysburg National Military Park and contains the remains of over 6,000 individuals whom served in a number of American

wars,

from the Mexican-American War to the present day.

Gettysburg National Cemetery
Cemetery Hill
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Dedicated on November 19, 1863.
Completed in March of 1864.
Contains over 6,000 individuals.

Memorial marker for the 27th Indiana
Infantry. Regiment lost during service 10
Officers and 159 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 131
Enlisted men by disease. Total 302. Battle
of Gettysburg July 1-3.

Our tour guide was "Charlie".

One of the many equestrian statues .
A true Gettysburg myth states that a statue
that has all four of the horse's hooves on
the ground means that the rider survived
the battle without a scratch. One foot
raised means the person was wounded but
survived, and both forelegs raised indicates
that the man was killed at Gettysburg.

This canon is one of many that sits atop the
hills of the Gettysburg National Battlefield
located in Gettysburg, PA - USA.
Civil War canons could fire as far as 1700
yards, deadly accurate within a range of
300 yards using 10 to 32-pound canon balls
.

7th Regiment Indiana Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., April 21-27,
1861.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and
108 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 2 Officers and 111 Enlisted
men by disease. Total 229.
Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3

Indiana State Monument at Gettysburg.
Located at Spangler Meadow.
Erected in 1970.
At Spangler's Meadow near Culp's Hill
Johnson's men fought with the 2nd Mass.
and the 27th Indiana, and they charged the
Confederates on the morning of July 3 and
suffered tremendous losses.

Almost all Civil War pistols were single
action revolvers. Several hundred thousand
were made by Colt, with half as many made
by Remington, and the next most prolific
manufacturer folded financially shortly after
the Civil War after making about 25,000.

December 20, 1863
This snare drum was John Unger, Company
B, 40th New York Infantry. Drums were
used to beat out commands and provide a
marching cadence to soldiers.
Gettysburg National Military Park, GETT
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Jacket of D.C. Myers
Myers died Septemer 27, 1864 at
Andersonville of illness caused by
exposure, overcrowding,poor sanitation
and inadequate diet.
On display in the museum.

Brig. Gen. George S. Greene
"Culp's Hill" summit
The defense of Culps Hill was crucial to the
outcome of the overall battle. Had the
Confederates been able to maintain and
exploit their hold on Culps Hill, the Union's
Cemetery Hill position would have become
untenable.

Watchtower at Gettysburg Park

More monuments at Gettysburg.

Map of Gettysburg Natinal Military Park and
National Cemetery. Also includes Visitor's
Center, Lincoln speech memorial and other
areas of interest.
(Click on photo to enlarge).

Monument at Gettysburg
.Photo by National Military Park photo
collection.

Monument on Gettysburg ridge at sunset
.Photo by National Military Park photo
collection.

Battle of Gettysburg
Photo by National Military Park photo
collection.

Awesome shot of a farmer's field near
Gettysburg National Park
Photo by unknown

Military tombstones in Gettysburg National
Cemetery.
Over 6,000 people are buried here, who
served their country in the Civil War and
other wars.

Monument marking the spot where Lincoln
gave his famous Gettysburg Address
speech.
He originally hated the speech and thought
it wouldn't go over well with the public.

20 foot tall statue of Abraham Lincoln in
Presidents Park, WIlliamsburg, Virginia.
We spent a few hours here on our tour. A
great place for kids to enjoy learning about
our Presidents.

President's Park entrance
Williamsburg, Virginia

20 foot tall Andrew Jackson statue at
President's Park. Williamsburg, Virginia.

Jenny Wade (Mary Virginia "Ginnie" Wade)
Burial site (flag marks the spot).
A seamstress, was the only Gettysburg
citizen killed during the Battle of Gettysburg.
The house she was killed in is now a popular
tourist attraction and museum. It one of the
most well known supposed "legend"
haunted houses in Gettysburg.

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GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (1863)
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,
conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived
and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to
dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that the
nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this
ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our
poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it
can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we
here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth.

Mary Virginia "Ginnie
Wade"
Only civilian casualty in
Gettysburg.

The Battle of Gettysburg
started on 1 July, 1863 and
was one of the most
important battles in the Civil
War for the North. Had the
South won there were many
roads leading to the Northern
States, and the South might
possibly have won the war.
The best estimates of
combatants show that 85,000
- 88,000 Northern troops
were engaged and 70,000 -
75,000 Southern troops. The
North lost 3,155 killed and the
South 3,903. The North had
14,529 wounded and the
South 18,735. As far as
missing in action the North
had 5,365 and the South
5,425. Total losses were
23,049 for the North and
28,063 for the South.

Harper's Weekly, sent an artist
to sketch the battle. This
picture shows their artist,
Alfred R. Waud.

Crowds at dedication of
Gettysburg Cemetery in 1863.
(Click the photo to enlarge
view).

The Battle of Gettysburg was
the costliest battle of the
American Civil War based on
number of casualties. Spanning
over three days, from July 1-3,
1863, the Battle resulted in
approximately 51,112
individuals being killed,
wounded, missing or captured.
Despite the fact that the South
continued to fight for two more
years, it was a decisive victory
for the Union. The South's
retreat and terrible losses were
a turning point in the war. From
that point on, the South had to
abandon its attempt to take the
war North.

John Burns was in the War
of 1812 and near seventy
years of age. He took an old
State musket he had in his
house, and started making
bullets. When his wife
wanted to know what he
was going to do. 'Ah' said
Burns, 'I thought some of the
boys might want the old gun,
and I am getting it ready for
them. He found a Wisconsin
regiment, and asked them if
they would take him in. They
told him they would, and
gave him three rousing
cheers.The old musket was
soon thrown aside, and a
first-rate rifle given him, and
cartridges. He killed three
rebels to his certain
knowledge. When found by
rebel forces they asked
what he was doing there
and he said he was going
for help for his sick wife and
was wounded and having
pity on him they returned him
home.

Gettysburg Trivia

More than 3,000 horses
were killed at Gettysburg

There are over 830
monuments and 400 guns
located at the Gettysburg
Battlefield.

The monument of the 20th
Massachussetts Infantry
consists of a huge boulder
that stood in a playground in
Mass. where many of the
unit's soldiers played as
children.

During the bombardment atop
Cemetery Ridge on the 3rd
day of Gettysburg, Union
Brig. Gen. John Gibbon could
have received some
satisfaction from knowing
the enemy was using his The
Artillerist's Manual as their
guide.