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General Warren Overlook
General Warren (U.S.M.A. ’50) was Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg. His bronze statue stands atop the boulder that he is said to have stood on during the battle. A bronze tablet is set into the side of the boulder, and “Warren” is carved into the stone.
As Longstreet’s attack developed on July 2nd Warren reached this point and discovered Little Round Top was unoccupied except for a small Signal Corps detachment. Recognizing the importance of the position and on his own authority he found Vincent’s and Weed’s brigades and diverted them to what became the desperate but successful defense of Little Round Top.
Warren was wounded on Little Round Top, nicked in the throat, but he stayed on the field and attended Meade’s council of war that night in the Leister farmhouse.
After Gettysburg Warren was given command of the 5th Corps, which he led through the bloody Overland Campaign and through the Siege of Petersburg. At the Battle of Five Forks he was relieved of command by General Sheridan, whose “smash ’em up” command style was the opposite of Warren’s methodical engineer personality. Warren spent the rest of his life trying to clear his name and insisted upon being buried in civilian clothes and without military honors.Gettysburgbattlebattlefieldcivil warmonumentlittle round topsunset
View from Pennsylvania Memorial
The Pennsylvania State Memorial[2] is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The memorial stands along Cemetery Ridge, the Union battle line on July 2, 1863.[5] Completed in 1914, it is the largest of the state monuments on the Gettysburg Battlefield.
Eternal Light Peace Memorial
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1913. The natural gas flame in a one-ton bronze urn is atop a tower on a stone pedestrian terrace with views from the terraced hill summit over about 400 sq mi (1,000 km2), and the flame is visible from 20 mi (32 km) away.
Devils Den View of Little Round Top
Devils Den is a boulder-strewn hill on the south end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, once used by artillery and infantry (e.g., sharpshooters) on the second day of
the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. A tourist attraction since the memorial association era, several boulders are worn from foot traffic and the site includes numerous cannon, memorials, and walkways, including a bridge spanning two boulders.Gettysburgbattlebattlefieldcivil warlittle round topdevils den
Irish Brigade Monument - Gettysburg
The monument is a Celtic cross supported by a granite base, standing 19’ 6” tall. It was sculpted by William R. O’Donovan, a former Confederate soldier who fought at Gettysburg. The front of the cross is an ornate bronze ornamented by a 2nd Corps trefoil, the numbers of the three New York regiments, the Seal of the State of New York, and a harp flanked by eagles. At the foot of the cross lies a lifesized Irish wolfhound, symbol of honor and fidelity. The monument was dedicated on July 2nd, 1888.
Father William Corby attended the dedication, held a mass for the veterans and blessed the monument. “We have unveiled this pile, and it will stand to perpetuate the fame of those heroes. To keep their memory green in the American heart, this Celtic Cross has been erected. It is an emblem of Ireland, typical of faith and devotion, and the most appropriate that could be raised to hand down to posterity the bravery of our race in the great cause of American liberty.”
Little Round Top
Considered by some historians to be the key point in the Union Army's defensive line that day, Little Round Top was defended successfully by the brigade of Col. Strong Vincent. The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, fought the most famous engagement there, culminating in a dramatic downhill bayonet charge that is one of the most well-known actions at Gettysburg and in the American Civil War.
The Trostle Farm
The house and barn standing today are the original structures of the battlefield from 1863. The Trostle house was used as a hospital, and at the time of the battle consisted of seven rooms and a basement. The barn still bears a scar of the battle - a hole near the roofline through which a cannonball passed on July 2nd, after Gen. Daniel Sickles moved his 3rd Corps forward to form a salient at the Peach Orchard not far to the west.
Along the road in front of the house stands a monument for the 9th Massachusetts Battery, which had retreated to this point from its original position along the Wheatfield Road during the fighting on July 2nd. The battery stood its ground here, allowing other units to retreat safely back towards Seminary Ridge.
Timothy O'Sullivan's famous photos show the many dead horses that lay near the house and barn. Still standing across US Avenue is the "witness tree" under which Sickles had his headquarters. Also located near the barn is a marker indicating the spot where Gen. Dan Sickles was seriously wounded, requiring the amputation of his leg.
Catharine Trostle filed a damage claim after the battle with the United States government. She claimed that there were 16 dead horses near the house, and 100 dead horses on the farm. She also claimed the following items destroyed: hay, oats, wheat, garden vegetables, quilts, carpet, pillows, bridle, posts, and timber.
The Trostle Farm with Cannon 2
The Trostle Farm with Cannon
Codori Farm from High Water Mark
The Codori Farm was “ground zero” for Pickett’s Charge and is one of the battlefield’s best known landmarks due to its central location. The house, built in 1834, is the oldest structure on the farmstead.
High Water Mark Tree
72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument
The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument[1] is an 1891 statuary memorial on the Gettysburg Battlefield. It is located on Cemetery Ridge, by The Angle and the copse of trees, where Union forces – including the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry – beat back Confederate forces engaged in Pickett's Charge.
The monument was the subject of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court case over control of the battlefield. It is depicted on the 2011 "Gettysburg" America the Beautiful quarter commemorative coin.
The regiment erected an earlier monument in 1883. To avoid confusion, that is now usually referred to as the "Philadelphia Brigade" Monument.
Codori Farm
The Codori Farm was “ground zero” for Pickett’s Charge and is one of the battlefield’s best known landmarks due to its central location. The house, built in 1834, is the oldest structure on the farmstead.
General Meade Monument
A bronze equestrian portrait of General Meade looking out over the battlefield where the Union army under his direction won one of its greatest battles. He holds a pair of binoculars in his proper right hand and his hat in his proper left hand. A sword hangs from the left side of his saddle. The horse depicted is known as “Old Baldy”.
The Angle at Gettysburg Battlefield
The Angle[1] (Bloody Angle colloq.) is a Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge, the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy, and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments.
Gettysburg Path
Gettysburg Farmhouse Window
Gettysburg Field
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Memorial
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and one of the best-known speeches in American history.[4][5] It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Lincoln's carefully crafted address, secondary to others' presentations that day, came to be seen as one of the greatest and most influential statements of American national purpose. In just over two minutes, Lincoln reiterated the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence[6] and proclaimed the Civil War as a struggle for the preservation of the Union sundered by the secession crisis,[7] with "a new birth of freedom"[8] that would bring true equality to all of its citizens.[9] Lincoln also redefined the Civil War as a struggle not just for the Union, but also for the principle of human equality.[6]
Beginning with the now-iconic phrase "Four score and seven years ago"—referring to the signing of the Declaration of Independence eighty-seven years earlier—Lincoln invoked the United States' founding principles as set forth in that document, then reminded his listeners of the peril to those principles posed by the Civil War then in progress. He extolled the sacrifices of those who died at Gettysburg in defense of those principles, and exhorted his listeners to continue the struggle for survival of the nation's representative democracy as a beacon to the world—urging resolve.
Gettysburg Cemetery
Gettysburg Cemetery Plaque
Soldiers National Monument
The Soldiers' National Monument is a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial which is located at the central point of Gettysburg National Cemetery. It honors the battle's soldiers and tells an allegory of "peace and plenty under freedom … following a heroic struggle." In addition to an inscription with the last 4 lines of the Gettysburg Address, the shaft with 4 buttresses has 5 statues
Gettysburg Cemetery Cannon
Christ Lutheran Church
During the battle of Gettysburg on July 1-3, 1863, virtually every building of any size in the area was used for the care of the wounded and dying. Christ Church was no exception. It was one of the first to be pressed into service. All available space was quickly occupied, and for some time more than 100 men were being cared for. On the afternoon of the first day Chaplain Horatio S. Howell of the 90th Pennsylvania Volunteers was shot and killed while standing on the church steps. A plaque near the site commemorates this event. Our Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital is a live performance which tell the authentic history of how Christ Lutheran Church was used as a Civil War Hospital. Follow the Songs and Stories link for more information.
Gettysburg Address
Downtown Gettysburg
The Pub Patio - Gettysburg
The Pub - Gettysburg
Gettysburg Train Station
The Gettysburg Lincoln Railroad Station, also known as the "Gettysburg Train Station," "Lincoln Train Station" or "Western Maryland Railroad Station," is a historic train station with depot, platform, museum and offices on Carlisle Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Operable from 1858 to 1942, it contributes to the Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and is most notable as President Abraham Lincoln's point of arrival on November 18, 1863 and departure, following delivery of the Gettysburg Address. The station served as both a hospital during the battle and hub for outgoing wounded soldiers and incoming resources and supplies following the end of the war. On 2015, following several years of delays, the station, which was originally owned by the Borough of Gettysburg but was bought by the Gettysburg Foundation, the non-profit partner to the National Park Service, was placed under the purview of the National Park Service
Majestic Theater - Gettysburg, PA
The Majestic first stepped onto the world stage in the 1950s when President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower regularly attended movies, often in the company of world leaders. The theater’s gymnasium (now the cinema wing) was even used by the White House press corps for news conferences whenever Eisenhower was in residence at his Gettysburg farm.
Blue & Gray - Gettysburg, PA
Gaslight Inn
The Gaslight Inn, a Gettysburg bed and breakfast, provides uncommon attention to details - arranging a private tour guide, helping you select a restaurant for dinner, making certain your wine is chilled, or making arrangements for a carriage ride through the Battlefield.
An in-town oasis, The Gaslight Inn is conveniently located just one block from Lincoln Square, the center of Gettysburg, PA and one block from East Confederate Avenue, the Culps Hill area of the Battlefield.
