We left Wash DC behind and drove up to Gettysburg, PA. Arriving a few hours before our scheduled tour we checked into the hotel, and walked the town. This train station saw President Lincoln arrive on November 18, 1863. The battle of Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, occurred July 1-3, 1863. 51,000 were killed, wounded or missing during the 3-day battle.
Opting for a personal tour guide to drive us in our car, we were able to sit back and relax and be amazed at the history around us. Nicole's interst of the Gettysburg battle and fields was evident in this picture. She slept for most if the two-hour tour.
Our guide, explains to Bruno and the boys the significance of the area known as "Plum Run" and the Devil's Den. (I was in the car while Nicole slept)
South Carolina monument. The battlefields are littered with over 140 monuments and markers that mark the location of where certain brigades and battalions fought during this 3-day battle.
Original canons.
Cidori Farm, original from the battle.
Battlefields
Battlefields
"Four score, and seven years ago..." President Lincoln's famous Gettysburg address
.....was given at this exact location on November 19, 1863. This monument, a tribute to the more than 3,500 union soldiers buried at the cemetary.
Lincoln's Speech memorial at the National Cemetary in Gettysburg.
This is the Philadelphia monument, the largest monument on the battlefields. The monument holds tablets of every brigade and company that fought in the 3 day battle. The tablets bare the names of all those who "fought with dignity". Apparently many soldiers returned 50 years later at the dedication of the monument and removed the names of soldiers who did not "fight with dignity". There are many names on the tablets that have been scraped off.
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