Gettysburg Attractions

 
The decisive battle in the Civil War was fought in southern Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg. It took place over a wide area on July 1st-3rd 1863, when Confederate forces commanded by General Lee which had advanced far into the North were defeated by General Meade's Union army. Altogether 51,000 men on both sides were killed or wounded. Here, four months later, President Abraham Lincoln pronounced his famous Gettysburg Address, in which he set out his ideas on the future of the Union.

Founded in the 1780s as Marsh Creek Settlement, this town was renamed Gettysburg after General James Gettys. It grew quickly after being incorporated in 1806. Long a stopping point for travelers, because four major highways and several other roads meet at its square, Gettysburg was a strategic location fought over during the Civil War. Today Gettysburg is an essential stop for scholars of the American Civil War.
Picture of Gettysburg National Military Park

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Gettysburg National Military Park is the site of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and contains some 1,300 monuments, and markers.

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Horse carving at New York Calvary Monument on the Gettysburg National Military Park Battlefield.Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg
View from Little Round Top  through an arch in Gettysburg.Little Round Top, Gettysburg
Arch of the Pennsylvania Memorial in Gettysburg.Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg
The dome of the Pennsylvania Monument in Gettysburg.Pennsylvania Monument, Gettysburg
The equestrian statue on the Virginia Monument in Gettysburg.Virginia Monument, Gettysburg
View over Devil's Den near Gettysburg.Devil's Den, Gettysburg
Flowers in front of the Eisenhower Home in Gettysburg.Eisenhower Home, Gettysburg
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