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  2. 1913 Gettysburg reunion - Wikipedia

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    The 1913 Gettysburg reunion was a Gettysburg Battlefield encampment of American Civil War veterans for the Battle of Gettysburg 's 50th anniversary. The June 29–July 4 gathering of 53,407 veterans (~8,750 Confederate) [1] was the largest ever Civil War veteran reunion. [2] All honorably discharged veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic ...

  3. 1938 Gettysburg reunion - Wikipedia

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    The 1938 Gettysburg reunion was an encampment of American Civil War veterans on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The gathering included approximately 25 veterans of the battle [3] : 72 with a further 1,359 Federal and 486 Confederate attendees [4] out of the 8,000 living veterans of the war. [5]

  4. Eternal Light Peace Memorial - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War

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    For the 25th Battle of Gettysburg anniversary "Grand Reunion of the Blue and the Gray", Pennsylvania Civil War veterans encamped on East Cemetery Hill, the NJ National Guard was in The Wheatfield (as was Col Campbell), and the WI National Guard was in Reynolds Grove. 1889-09-07

  6. Gettysburg Battlefield - Wikipedia

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    The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4-acre (1.6 ha) site of the first shot [G 1] at Knoxlyn Ridge [1] on the west of the borough, to East Cavalry Field on the east.

  7. The Angle - Wikipedia

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    The Angle. /  39.81343°N 77.23640°W  / 39.81343; -77.23640. Old veterans clasping hands across the Angle at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion. The Angle [2] ( 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 ...

  8. Gettysburg National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Salisbury. v. t. e. Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania created for Union casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought between July 1 to 3, 1863, resulted in the largest number of casualties of any Civil War battle but ...

  9. Joshua Chamberlain - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Five Forks. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, 1828 – February 24, 1914) [1] [2] was an American college professor from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general ...

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