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Gettysburg (/ ˈɡɛtizbɜːrɡ /; locally / ˈɡɛtɪsbɜːrɡ / ⓘ) [4] is a borough in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, the United States. [5] As of the 2020 census, the borough had a population of 7,106 people. Gettysburg was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War ...
The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the park is managed by the National Park Service.
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.
MN 38-E. 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument. Hancock Avenue. 39°48′35″N 77°14′10″W / 39.809861°N 77.236135°W / 39.809861; -77.236135 (143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Marker) 1895. A 3-stepped granite monument marking the regiment's position on July 2 & 3, 1863, and listing its casualties.
Abraham Lincoln Union cavalry had some minor successes pursuing Lee's army. The first major encounter took place in the mountains at Monterey Pass on July 4, where Kilpatrick's cavalry division captured 150 to 300 wagons and took 1,300 to 1,500 prisoners. Beginning July 6, additional cavalry fighting took place closer to the Potomac River in Maryland's Williamsport-Hagerstown area. Lee's army ...
Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, and its surrounding property of 690.5 acres (279.4 ha). It is located in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, just outside Gettysburg. Purchased by then- General Eisenhower and his wife Mamie in 1950, the ...
NPS. Pennsylvania State Route System. Interstate. US. State. Scenic. Legislative. The Wheatfield Road is a Gettysburg Battlefield crossroad from the Peach Orchard east-southeastward along the north side of The Wheatfield (on the Peach Orchard- Devil's Den ridge), [3] north of the Valley of Death, and over the north foot of Little Round Top.
The Maps of Gettysburg: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 – June 13, 1863. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. ISBN 978-1-932714-30-2. Grimsley, Mark, and Brooks D. Simpson. Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8032-7077-1. Hall, Jeffrey C. The Stand of the U.S. Army at Gettysburg ...