| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Gettysburg Address |
| | Nearby, Nov. 19, 1863, in dedicating the National Cemetery, Abraham Lincoln gave the address which he had written in Washington and revised after his arrival at Gettysburg the evening of November 18. — Map (db m8025) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Soldiers' National Cemetery |
| | "Here where they fell, Oft shall the widow's tear be shed, Oft shall fond parents mourn their dead; The orphan here shall kneel and weep..." Hymn by Benjamin B. French Sung at cemetery dedication November 19, 1863 Soldiers' National Cemetery contains the graves of more than 6,000 United States servicemen, including 3,580 Union soldiers killed in the Civil War. Nearly half of the Civil War burials are unknown soldiers. A few days after the battle, Andrew Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, . . . — Map (db m8026) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 1st New Hampshire Battery |
| | On this ground Edgell's 1st New Hampshire Battery Light Artillery fired three hundred and fifty-three rounds of ammunition July 2nd and 3rd, 1863 Erected by the State of New Hampshire July 3rd. 1912 — Map (db m16619) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Lincoln Speech Memorial |
| | (Monument's Right Side Plaque): Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave . . . — Map (db m16809) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — First Massachusetts Light Battery |
| | First Massachusetts Light Battery Artillery Brig. 6th Corps July 3, 1863 — Map (db m16758) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Hall's Battery |
| | Hall's Battery, 2nd. Maine, July 2, 1863. — Map (db m16755) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery 3rd Volunteer Brigade Artillery Reserve |
| | (Front):Huntington's Battery H 1st Ohio Light Artillery 3rd Volunteer Brigade Artillery Reserve July 2d and 3d 1863. Erected by the State of Ohio (Back):Battery H 1st Ohio Light Artillery Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, November 7, 1861. Took part in 12 general engagements and the siege of Petersburg. was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio. June 14, 1865. Loss at Gettysburg 2 Killed. 1 Mortally wounded. 4 Wounded. — Map (db m16811) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Third Volunteer Brigade Artillery Reserve Army of the Potomac |
| | Army of the Potomac Artillery Reserve Third Volunteer Brigade Capt. James F. Huntington 1st New Hampshire Battery Capt. Frederick M. EdgellJuly 2d and 3d Engaged on Cemetery Hill. 1st Ohio Battery H Lieut. George W. NortonJuly 2d and 3d Engaged on Cemetery Hill. 1st Penna. Batteries F and C Capt. R. Bruce RickettsJuly 2d and 3d Engaged on East Cemetery Hill West Virginia Battery C Capt. Wallace HillJuly 2d and 3d Engaged on Cemetery Hill Casualties. Killed 10 men. Wounded 1 officer 23 . . . — Map (db m16815) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery |
| | Erected by the State of West Virginia to commemorate the valor and fidelity of Battery C First West Virginia Artillery — Map (db m16816) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery H, 1st U.S. Artillery First Regular Brigade - Artillery Reserve Army of the Potomac |
| | Army of the Potomac Artillery Reserve First Regular Brigade Battery H First U.S. Artillery Six 12 pounders Lieut. Chandler P. Eaken commanding July 2 In position on Cemetery Hill facing the Emmitsburg Road. Engaged Juy 2d and 3d. Lieut Eakin was severely wounded after his guns went into battery and the commmand devolved on Lieut. Phillip D. Mason. Casualties. Killed 1 man. Wounded 1 officer and 7 men. Missing 1 man. — Map (db m16863) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — First Minnesota Volunteers |
| | (Front): First Minnesota Volunteers (Left): "All time is the millenium of their glory." (Right): These dead shall not have died in vain. (Back):The surviving members First Regiment Minnesota Infanty. To the memory of their late associates who "died on the field of honor" at Gettysburg July 1863. — Map (db m16868) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — The Gettysburg Address |
| | "We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final resting-place of those who have given their lives that that nation might live." President Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address On the morning of November 19, 1863, nearly 20,000 statesmen, soldiers and citizens converged on this hill to consecrate the new Soldiers' National Cemetery. The speakers' platform was located in Evergreen Cemetery to your left. The Hon. Edward Everett, principal . . . — Map (db m16869) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Kentucky Memorial |
| | Kentucky honors her son, Abraham Lincoln, who delivered his immortal address at the site now marked by the soldiers' monument. — Map (db m16865) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Soldier's National Monument |
| | (Front):Gettysburg July 1.2.3. 1863 ——— (Back): "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall . . . — Map (db m64853) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery G, Fourth U.S. Artillery Artillery Brigade - Eleventh Corps Army of the Potomac |
| | Army of the Potomac Eleventh Corps Artillery Brigade Battery G Fourth U.S. Artillery Six 12 pounders Lieut. Eugene A. Bancroft Commanding July 1 Arrived at Gettysburg about 11 a.m. Advanced and took position two sections on Barlow's Knoll the left section detached near Almshouse. Engaged Confederate Infantry and Artillery on right and left. Lieut. Wilkeson fell early mortally wounded and the command devolved on Lieut. Bancroft. The sections were compelled to change positions several times. . . . — Map (db m16870) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Fifth New York Independent Battery (Taft's) 2d Brigade, Artillery Reserve |
| | (Front):Fifth New York Independent Battery, (Taft's) 2d Brigade, Artillery Reserve. (Back):This battery held this position from 5 p.m. July 2d to 5th, 1863. ————— Casualties. 1 killed, 2 wounded. — Map (db m16872) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Battery I, First Ohio Artillery Eleventh Corps Army of the Potomac |
| | Army of the Potomac Eleventh Corps Battery I First Ohio Artillery Six 12 pounders Captain Hubert Dilger commanding July 1 Arrived at Gettysburg before noon and went into position west of the Carlisle Road. Engaged with two Confederate batteries. A Confederate rifled battery having opened fire. Wheeler's Thirteenth New York battery was added to the command of Capt. Dilger and a fierce artillery duel ensued. About 4 p.m. retired to take position on Cemetery Hill. One section was posted on . . . — Map (db m16873) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — New York State Memorial |
| | (Front):To the officers and soldiers of the State of New York who fell in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863, many of whom are here buried, this monument is erected by a grateful commonwealth. Official return of casualties in the New York commands: Killed: 82 officers, 912 enlisted men. Wounded: 306 officers, 3763 enlisted men. Captured or missing: 69 officers, 1685 enlisted men. Groups of officers portrayed on bronze reliefs Front: Major Genl. D. E. Sickles of N.Y. . . . — Map (db m16879) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Major General John Reynolds |
| | (Front):Major-General John F. Reynolds U.S.V. (Left):Killed at Gettysburg July 1 MDCCCLXIII (Right):Born at Lancaster, Pa. September XXI MDCCCXX (Back):To his memory by the first Army corps — Map (db m16876) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Soldiers' National Cemetery |
| | "Here where they fell, Oft shall the widow's tear be shed, Oft shall fond parents mourn their dead; The orphan here shall kneel and weep..." Hymn by Benjamin B. French Sung at cemetery dedication November 19, 1863 Soldiers' National Cemetery contains the graves of more than 6,000 United States servicemen, including 3,580 Union soldiers killed in the Civil War. Nearly half of the Civil War burials are unknown soldiers. A few days after the battle, Andrew Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, . . . — Map (db m16878) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Gettysburg Address |
| | Nearby, Nov. 19, 1863, in dedicating the National Cemetery, Abraham Lincoln gave the address which he had written in Washington and revised after his arrival at Gettysburg the evening of November 18. — Map (db m15129) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 75th Pennslyvania Volunteers |
| | In memoriam of our comrades 75th P.V. — Map (db m16877) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Collis Memorial |
| | Bt. Maj. Gen. Chas. H. T. Collis. U.S.V. Col. 114 Reg't Penn'a Vol. Infty. Collis Zouaves Born Feb. 4, 1838 Died May 11, 1902 Erected by the Survivors of his regiment and his friends. — Map (db m62304) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 136th New York Infantry 2d Brigade, 2d Division 11th Corps |
| | . . . — Map (db m16889) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Second Brigade Second Division - Eleventh Corps Army of the Potomac |
| | Army of the Potomac Eleventh Corps Second Brigade Second Brigade Col. Orland Smith 33d. Massachusetts 138th. New York 55th. 73. Ohio Infantry July 1 Arrived 2 p.m. and went into position on Cemetery Hill in line behind stone walls along Emmitsburg and Taneytown Roads facing northwest and supporting Battery I 1st New York. The 33d Mass. was detached during the battle and placed on the right of the Corps under the command of Brig. Gen. A. Ames. The 136th New York was on the extreme left of . . . — Map (db m16898) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 73rd Ohio Infantry 2d Brigade, 2d Division 11th Corps |
| | (Front):73d Ohio Infantry. 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 11th Corps. Erected by The State of Ohio (Left):Gettysburg July 1, 2, 3, 1863. Engaged 338 Killed 21 Mortally wounded 19 Additional wounded 104 Missing 1 Total loss 145 (Right):Organized at Chillicothe, Ohio Mustered in Dec. 30, 1861 Mustered out July 20, 1865 Original strength 891 Total enrolled 1284 Killed 156 Wounded 568 Died 123 (Back):Principal Engagements Bull Pasture Mountain Cross Keys Cedar Mountain . . . — Map (db m16906) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 55th Ohio Infantry 2nd Brig, 2d Div, 11th Corps. |
| | (Front):55th Ohio Infantry 2d Brig. 2d Div. 11th Corps. Erected by the State of Ohio. (Left):55th Ohio Infantry Arrived at 2:20 pm. July 1, in this position, which it held throughout the battle. With severe loss, its skirmishers drove back those of the enemy and seized a barn between the lines, where 12 of its men were surrounded and captured by the enemy's main line. Casualties 6 killed. 31 wounded. 12 missing. (Right):55th Oho Infantry Organized for 3 years at . . . — Map (db m12191) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Continuing a Tradition: Fremasonry at Gettysburg |
| | The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania laid and dedicated the cornerstone of the first battlefield monument on July 4, 1865. That Soldier's National Monument is located on the grounds of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, beyond the stone wall, to your left front. At the close of the ceremonies, Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin, a Freemason, thanked the brotherhood for their dedication of this monument to "devotion and fidelity to country." In 1993, the . . . — Map (db m16907) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — Friend to Friend Memorial |
| | (Front and Back):Friend to Friend A Brotherhood Undivided (Left):Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial This monument is presented by the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania and dedicated as a memorial to the Freemasons of the Union and Confederacy. Their unique bonds of friendship enabled them to remain a brotherhood undivided, even as they fought in a divided nation, faithfully supporting the respective governments under which they lived. . . . — Map (db m16908) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Adams County), Gettysburg — 3rd New York Independent Battery Artillery Brigade Sixth Corps |
| | (Front):3rd N.Y. Independent Battery Artillery Brigade Sixth Corps July 2 & 3, 1863 (Back):Forced march 36 miles, second position No losses Mustered in May 21, 1861, participating in all the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac to the end of the war — Map (db m16026) HM |
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