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| George Weikert's Farm SW edge of Rose Woods - sold to Black farmer, James Timbers in 1868 |
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| S of Clapsaddle Rd E of Baltimore Pike |
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| Irsch Advance Marker - 45th NY |
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| E of Baltimore Pike near Blacksmith Shop Rd |
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| S of Warren Ave & E of Plum Run |
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| Along Baltimore Pike near White Run |
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| Ginny Wade's Three "Houses" |
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| Wade Family Home (S side of Breckenridge St E of S Washington St), G McClellan Home (W side of Baltimore Pike S of Steinwehr Ave), Birth Home (Baltimore St & Wade Ave) |
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| Along Millerstown Rd E. of W Confederate Ave |
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| Iron Brigade Position, Culp's Hill |
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| N of Slocum Ave on Culp's Hill |
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| Along Sickle's Ave Near Irish Brig & 5th Mich Monuments |
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| E side Emmitsburg Rd between 6th US & 6th PA Monuments |
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| N of Wheatfield Rd at end of Crawford Ave |
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| Runs along S side of Culp's Hill from Slocum Ave on the S to Slocum Ave on N |
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| E of Sickles Ave & S of Cross Ave |
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| Private George Sandoe (Co. B Indpt. PA 21st Cavalry on June 26th by Gen. Gordon's pickets) Baltimore Pike near McAllister Field |
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| Ridge running north from Devil's Den |
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| Emmitsburg Road at the Peach Orchard |
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| Walking Trail from Leister House to Hancock Ave near Meade statue |
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| Only statue of regimental cmdr on the field |
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| Maj. Wells - 1st Vt. Cavalry |
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| E of Sedgwick Ave between U. S. Ave & Wheatfield Rd (Plum Run Line) |
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| Where Amos Hummiston died. |
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| Stratton St near railroad tracks In Gettysburg on Stratton Street between York Street and the railroad, beside the fire station. |
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| Western Maryland Railroad Station |
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| Corner of Carlisle & Railroad St |
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| Army of Potomac Right Flank Marker |
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| Near 61st PA Monument at Neill Ave |
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| W of S Confederate Ave, S of Warren Ave on NW slope of Big Round Top |
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| Old Harrisburg Rd E of Rock Creek on Right-hand side of road across from Gettysburg High School |
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| E of Wainwright Ave N of Slocum Ave |
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| Oak Ridge near Mummasburg Road |
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| 25th Anniversary Memorial |
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| the "Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace" (southwest corner of Baltimore and High Street) would evolve as a 25th Anniversary Memorial |
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| In rocks near Spangler's Spring |
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| This is another large white oak tree in Herbst's woods about 250 to 300 yards west of the old "Reynold's Tree" site. |
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| Top of Little Round Top near 44th NY Monument |
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| E side Harrisburg Rd between Rock Creek & Lincoln Ave |
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| N side Granite Schoolhouse Rd SW of Powers Hill |
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| Off Taneytown Rd across from Wright Ave |
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| Between Granite Schoolhouse Rd and Baltimore Pike |
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| Within loop formed by Geary & S Slocum Ave S of Culp's Hill |
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| Adjacent to Spanger's Spring |
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| Home of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles Collis - E side of W Confederate Ave S of W Middle St |
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| S slope of Culp's Hill between Slocum & E Confederate Aves |
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| Vincent wounding inscription. |
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| N of 44th NY Monument on top of Little Round Top |
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| S side of Chambersburg St W of Square |
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| NW base of Big Round Top, W of Crawford Rd & S of Warren Ave |
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| Junction of Baltimore St & Steinwehr St |
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| Along S Confederate Ave E of Emmitsburg Rd |
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| Woods Stones & Meredith Aves cut through |
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| 50th Anniversary Memorial |
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| Adams County Public Library moved in the building when the Post Office moved out of town in the late 1980's). The caption reads "The former post office building in Gettysburg, built to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg but not completed until 1915..." |
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| On top of large boulders of Devil's Den |
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| DA 140 PV rock just west of treeline running NW of J Weikert farm |
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| As you drive north on Hancock Avenue, the tree is the gnarly-looking one on the left as the line of Union entrenchments passes to the west side of the road just past the 13th Vermont Monument. |
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| E of Plum Run & N of Warren Ave in Valley of Death |
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| Corner Chambersburg and N. Washington St |
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| Only '63 Tree left in the |
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| Enter the National Cemetery from the Taneytown Road entrance and walk east past the Rostrum. Almost straight ahead of you, beside the Evergreen Cemetery fence, you will see this hearty old veteran. |
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| Capture site 150th Pa Flag |
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| Slocum Ave SE of summit of Culp's Hill |
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| 5th Ohio's Skirmish Line "HQ" |
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| Geary Ave at Pardee Field |
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| John Page Nicholson marker |
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| Corner of High & Stratton Sts |
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| On top of Little Round Top on base of 91st PA Monument |
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| Stevens St turns into Coster Ave at N Stratton St |
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| Middle Street near Gettysburg Middle School |
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| Ohio Flank Markers, Cemetery Hill |
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| S of Water Tanks down hill |
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| Continuation of Seminary Ridge S across Emmitsburg Rd |
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| Near intersection of Chambersburg Rd. & Street |
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| boulder near York Springs at Trostle's Quarry |
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| Along Wainwright Ave at E base of Cemetery Hill |
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| Also Herbst Woods through which Stone Ave runs |
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| Off U.S. Avenue NW of Trostle Farm |
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| Corner South and Baltimore Streets |
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| Chaplain Howell Shot marker |
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| Next to Christ Lutheran Church on Chambersburg St W of Square |
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| W of W Confederate Ave N of Millerstown Rd |
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| W of Seminary Ridge. Now known as Brown's Ranch. |
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| No longer exists. Once wrapped around Vincent spur on SE side of Little Round Top |
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| on top of boulder on Sickles Ave S of 4th NY Battery |
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| Location of only original 6 Pdr on field |
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| Corner of S Confederate Ave & Emmitsburg Rd - Confederate Latham's N.C. Artillery |
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| Along Taneytown Rd S of Hunt Ave |
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| 3-inch Ordnance Rifle #233 |
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| Only original piece from the battle (Lt. John Calef, Battery A, 2nd US Artillery) part of base of John Buford Monument |
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| Commonwealth of PA Parrotts |
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| Past Georgia & South Carolina Monuments on W Confederate Ave, 2 10-pounder Parrots numbered 3 & 4 CP (Commonwealth of PA) |
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| State of Connecticut James Rifles |
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| Hancock Ave aross from Father Corby Monument at Monument for Capt. John Sterling's 2nd Connecticut Light Artillery - 2 14-pounder James Rifles marked State of Connecticut |
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| Along Chambersburg Pike across from Knoxlyn Rd |
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| Ginny Wade's three graves |
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| 1st outside McClellan's house (day after death), 2nd (1864) Trinity German Reformed Church cemetery in town, 3rd (after war) Evergreen Cemetery |
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| Along Hanover Rd just W of Rock Creek |
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| Trostle Farm - name Cora scratched on one of two Napoleons there. Who named and whose battery it belonged in unknown |
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| Along Baltimore Pike NE of Powers Hill |
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| On Pleasanton Ave Just W of Taneytown Rd |
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| Site of the original advance marker of the 27th Connecticut. |
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| On the ridge above the Wheatfield about 20 yds behind right flank marker of 53rd PA |
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| N of Chambersburg Pike W of Herr Tavern |
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| Emanuel Bushman's name for Devil's Den |
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| Rock formation on W slope of Little Round Top - Benson Lossing's 1866 pictorial history of Civil War |
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| SW of Big Round Top, S of S Confederate Ave, E of Warfield Ridge - 5th NY Cavalry Monument & 4th US Horse Artillery Battery E |
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| E of Pennsylvania Monument |
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| Single gate near Trostle farm that led to Trostle farm lane. Only large enough for one limber to exit at a time. McGilvery ordered Bigelow to stay on S side of gate and to hold off charging Confederates as long as possible. |
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| "Brockenbrough's" Rock Quarry |
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| Located west of McPherson's Ridge, there was a working quarry during the time of the battle and forced Confederate Colonel John M. Brockenbrough's Brigade of Major General Henry Heth's Division of General A. P. Hill's III Corps to shift its attack to the right on July 1. The quarry is much smaller now than what is was during the battle, but it still gives you an idea as to some of the difficult terrain that was often encountered by troops on both sides at Gettysburg but which is hard to truly appreciate when simply reading a book. |
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| Herman Haupt's Gettysburg Home |
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| "Oakridge" Haupt's home in Gettysburg was known as Schultz house on Seminary Ridge during battle - E side of W Confederate Ave S of Fairfield Rd |
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| Original name of Cemetery Hill before Evergreen Cemetery in 1858 |
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| "Penelope", the ancient cannon fired after Democratic election victories until 1855 when its tube ruptured after such a celebration. Its final resting place is located outside the former office of the Compiler newspaper at 126 Baltimore Street |
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| S side of S Confederate Avenue approximately 50 yards before the 3-car parking area across from the interpretative markers for the ill-fated July 3 Union cavalry charge by Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth |
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| Another marker for a captain, Captain Henry V. Fuller of the 64th New York Infantry, is much more difficult to find. It is located approximately 100 yards off the trolley path heading north toward the Wheatfield on the west bank of Plum Run, and is easier to spot during the fall. However, you still have to walk through underbrush that can grab at your clothing. |
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| To get to Sachs Bridge, take Millerstown Road west from West Confederate Avenue on Seminary Ridge (turn right at the 4-way intersection --- it is just before the observation tower near Confederate General James Longstreet's headquarters. You will pass the entrance to the Eisenhower National Historic Site on the left, and the road will become Pumping Station Road. Continue onward, and cross Marsh Creek (as you do so, the bridge will be visible in the distance on your left. Take the first road to your left (Waterworks Road) and go about 300 yards. The bridge is closed to vehicles, so park in the small parking area on the right or along the road. |
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| Col. George Willard of 125th NY (commanding 2nd Corps, 3rd Div, 3rd Brig) Located in Plum Run swale about halfway between the Pennsylvania State monument and the Bliss Farm |
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| Mount Joy Church, in Mount Joy, Adams County Pennsylvania |
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| Buried at the Spangler Farm and later re-buried alongside his uncle, George Armistead (the defender of the original "Star Spangled Banner" at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812), at St. Paul's Cemetery in Baltimore. |
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| Site where Colonel Avery fell |
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| Col. Isaac Avery, commanding Hoke's Brigade - E base of E Cemetery Hill |
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| Lt. Col. Douglas Fowler 17th Connecticut - Barlow's Knoll |
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| Rock that Ellis and Cromwell's bodies were placed following death. |
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| Col. Augustus Van Horne Ellis/Major James Cromwell - along Sickles' Ave N of Devil's Den on Houck's Ridge between 4th NY Battery and 124th NY Monuments |
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| Located on Cemetery Ridge northwest of the Pennsylvania Memorial and about 15 yards east of the intersection of Hancock Avenue and Pleasonton Avenue, this small spring was created for the trolley line visitors to use |
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| 237 Steinwehr Ave - house where General Reynold's body was taken |
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| P. Rogers house site W of Emmitsburg Rd between Codori farm & Peach Orchard |
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| Brigadier General Paul Semmes - W of Brooke Ave in Wheatfield near 53rd PA Monument |
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| Runs along Slocum Ave from S slope of Culp's Hill to E slope on top of the hill |
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| E of Rock Creek, SE of Culps Hill |
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| barricade of rails in the edge of the grove W of the Seminary (tennis courts below the parking area opposite Old Dorm [Schmucker Hall]) |
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| Wesley was supposedly buried under a crooked tree on Culp's Hill, his grave plainly marked. Wesley's sisters, Annie and Julia searched for their brother's grave along with uncles and cousins, but all looked in vain for the body. They found dozens of broken trees and lots of bodies under them, but they never found Wesley. They were able only to find the stock of a rifle with the words "W. Culp" carved on it." The author goes on to theorize maybe the family found the body but left it there due to possible anger by the residents over burying him in a local cemetery. |
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| Private George Nixon, Company B, 73rd Ohio - Ohio, Section C, #4 |
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| Battle Dead plot in Evergreen |
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| 64 battle casualties buried in Evergreen Cemetery - Section C |
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| Confederates in Natl. Cem |
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| Pvt. Minion F. Knott, Co F, 1st Md Infantry Battalion (CSA), Maryland, Section C, #4; John T. Johnson, Co K, 11th Mississippi, Massachusettes, Section C, #1; Pvt Eli Green, Co E, 14th VA, PA, Section D, #61; Corp. David Williams, Co D, 20th NC, Connecticut, Section B, #8; Maj. B W Leigh, Confed staff officer, Unknown plot; Lt. Sidney Carter, Co A, 14th SC, Connecticut, Section A, #5; Pvt. N. B. Hindman, Co A, 13th Mississippi, Massachusettes, Section E, #8. |
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| Oldest existing Gettysburg church still used as a church. |
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| Christ Lutheran Church on Chambersburg Street |
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| Baugher House, Linnaean Hall, Pennsylvania Hall |
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| Krauth house, Schmucker House, Old Dorm (Schmucker Hall) |
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| Andrew Stock House, behind 228 Chambersburg St; Jacob Stock House, 407 S Washington St - scores of battle scars clearly evident |
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| Last Civil War/Gettysburg veteran to serve as park superintendent. |
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| Schimmelfennig's Shed site |
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| Henry and Catherine Garlach house on Baltimore St. Catherine Garlach hid Union General Schimmelfennig from the Confederates in a shed in her back yard |
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| Advanced Marker 1st Md CS |
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| Corner of Geary & Slocum Ave SW base of Culp's Hill |
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| Homes of three free Black families on field at time of the battle. |
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| Abraham Brian (some accounts and records have it spelled as Bryan or Brien), a free black man whose 12-acre farmstead on Cemetery Ridge was severely damaged during Pickett's Charge on July 3, Basil Riggs (John Crawford farm) along Marsh Creek adjacent to S portion of Battlefield, James Warfield farm on Seminary Ridge (Lee's Hdgts) |
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| Josiah Benner's Springhouse |
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| along Harrisburg Rd E of Rock Creek |
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| In 1863 this unique building on S side of E High Street was the Adams County Prison. The old Adams County Prison on E. High St. This building gave a good view of East Cemetery Hill, making the area another hot spot for sniping and observation. |
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| Exact location of speaker's platform on November 19. |
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| Through careful research of period photographs, Kathleen Georg Harrison believes that the speaker's platform was actually near the Brown Family vault on the other side of the metal fence in Evergreen Cemetary (the fence did not exist at the time) |
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| 26th Pa. Emergency "Action" Marker |
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| Intersection Chambersburg , West Sts, Spring & Buford Aves |
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| Rock where Farnsworth/Kilpatrick argued on July 3rd. |
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| "Second" Spangler's Spring |
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| Two separate rock-walled springs existed in post war photos. One at the modern site and the other about 10 yards NE of there. The northern spring and surrounding stacks of boulders disappeared under the path of the new Geary Ave. |
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| an opening in the stone wall near the High Water Mark where the 59th NY & 7th MI were deployed which Brown's battery used to fall back inside of Union line prior to Pickett's charge. |
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| Original "Valley of Death" |
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| low ground between upper and lower Culp's Hill. Charlie Fennel said if you walk past the mass grave pits behind the 1st MD (CSA) monument and continue going down to the left you'll see an open flat, sometimes wet pieces of ground. Aaron and I went down there... you can almost make out the multiple mass grave pits. |
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| Captain William E. Miller, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry. Miller won the Medal of Honor for his bravery and initiative during the cavalry battle east of Gettysburg on July 3. Died 1919 and in outer lying section of National Cemetery. Section OFF-08 |
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| 2 on square in Hanover and one in private hands. CP#1 (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) and CP#6 in Hanover Square. |
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| Col. Charles Collis's 114th PA grave |
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| Among the interments in the cemetery are the remains of General Charles Collis, former commander of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry who built a summer home at Gettysburg, buried in PA section but not in the semicircle of graves laid out in 1863. He is buried near the PA graves by the bench & bust. The bust of Collis looks toward his home "Red Patch". Collis was sick during the battle and couldn't lead his troops but asked to be buried near his men. Source is Lincoln and Human Interest Stories of the National Cemetery. |
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| Sgt. Major Stockton's rock |
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| Sgt Major William Stockton - 71st PA "California Regiment" behind Alonso Cushing's Battery - captured and released during Pickett's Charge. The rock is the big flat rock at the point of the angle… near the tree. Stockton and his men from the 71st PA took cover on the other side of the stone wall they had defended. |
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| What was first monument on the field with a clearly visible Confederate Flag on it? |
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| Cowan's Battery, 1st NY, at the copse of trees was the first to depict the CSA flag. The battery wanted to give the 3D effect on the relief and show how close the Confederates got to the battery. Double canister at 10 yards. |
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| Steinwehr Entrance road and N Hancock Ave |
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| Burial plot of museum remains. |
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| Near Poplar tree, near NY State Monument |
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| Location of the only 6 Rifled Napoleons made. |
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| 2- SE corner of National Cemetery, 2- 15th NY Battery Monument (Wheatfield Rd), 2 - Bigelow Battery, Wheatfield Road |
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Pump site where Gen. Early wrote demands on Gettysburg, June 26.
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| McClean House - 11 Baltimore Street |
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| Twelve buildings that still have Civil War artillery shells in them. |
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| Artillery: 1. Kuhn House (221 N Stratton St - 3" Hotchkiss shell); 2. Crass-Barbehenn House (218 N Stratton St- 3" Reed shell); 3. Tyson Brothers Studio (9 York St- 3" Hotchkiss shell); 4. Gettysburg Female Institute (66-68 W High St- 3" Reed shell); 5. Methodist Parsonage (304 Baltimore St- 12-pounder cannonball [shell or case]); 6. Schmucker House (W Confederate Ave- 10-pounder Parrott shell); 7 Troxell House (221 Chambersburg St- Schenkl shell); 8. McClean House (11 Baltimore St- 20-pounder Parrott Shell); 9. Sheads House (331 Buford Ave- 10-pounder Parrott Shell); 10. Jacob Stock House (407 S Washington St- case shot or cannister); 11. Corbean Farmhouse; 12. Josiah Benner Farm (Harrisburg Road). Battle Damage: Farnsworth House (Baltimore St); Henry Garlach house (Baltimore St); John Winebrenner's tannery/ Twin Oaks (Baltimore St) |
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