Gettysburg Monument

A Visit To Gettysburg
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The following photographs were taken September 11-13, 1999
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania



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Virginia Monument on Seminary Ridge Virginia Memorial on Seminary Ridge
Dedicated: June 8, 1917
It was from this spot the greatest General in American history, Robert E. Lee, watched the advance and retreat of his troops during "Pickett's Charge" on July 3, 1863


Cemetery Ridge as seen from Seminary Ridge The Field Of Battle
It was across this open ground General Lee launched 12,000 Confederate infantrymen against the entrenched Federals on Cemetery Ridge in a do-or-die effort to win the battle.


High Water Mark of the Confederacy The High Water Mark of the Confederacy
Dedicated: June 2, 1892
This monument stands at the copse of trees that Pickett's men were aiming for on that fateful afternoon


Monument on Cemetery Ridge First Battery, New York Light Artillery Monument
Near the High Water Mark


East Cavalry Battlefield East Cavalry Battlefield
As Pickett's Charge unfolded three miles to the east along Cemetery Ridge, it was here cavalry forces clashed in a bitter contest that could have changed the course of the battle


Gettysburg headquarters of Robert E. Lee The Gettysburg Headquarters of Robert E. Lee
To see how this building appeared in 1863
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Site of Gettyssburg Address Monument in the National Cemetery commemorating the spot where Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address dedicating the cemetery on November 19, 1863




From the diary of Samuel Cormany...
Sunday July 5, 1863 "Early we took up the march for Chambersburg--Crossing the battlefield--Cemitary Hill--The Great Wheat Field Farm, Seminary ridge--and other places where dead men, horses, smashed artillery, were strewn in utter confusion, the Blue and The Grey mixed--Their bodies so bloated--distorted--discolored on account of decomposition having set in--that they were utterly unrecognizable, save by clothing, or things in their pockets--The scene simply beggars description."


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