Gettysburg battlefield
Pennsylvania combat ground
The site in southern Pennsylvania where Union and Confederate forces fought in July 1863, the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War.
Now a national military park, the battlefield preserves the terrain where over 50,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured.
Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address here four months after the battle: We visited the Gettysburg battlefield on our trip through Pennsylvania.
- Devil's DenSinister natural formation
- flanking maneuversAttacks targeting enemy sides
- Union ArmyNorthern military in 1860s
- Civil War reenactmentsStaged recreations of 1860s battles
- Abraham LincolnCivil War era leader
Robert E. Lee · stone walls · Confederate Army · supply routes · monuments · historical tours · defensive lines · Civil War · tactical retreats · cavalry charges · infantry formations · military logistics · memorial plaques · visitor center · fallen soldiers · unmarked graves · hallowed ground · educational programs
Gettysburg battlefieldAppomattox Court House
Civil War's final scene
Camp David · peace conference · demilitarized zone · Plymouth Rock · Arlington National Cemetery
Gettysburg battlefieldAppomattox Court House
Civil War's final scene
Independence Hall · National Mall · Ellis Island · Statue of Liberty
Gettysburg battlefieldIndependence Hall
Colonial Philadelphia civic building
Jamestown · Plymouth Rock · hospital · maternity ward · birthplace
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