Gettysburg, PA Photos

General Robert E. Lee's "Army of Northern Virginia" attempted to take the Civil War into the North to discourage the Union into negotiating peace. On July 1, 1863, the Rebel forces encountered Union cavalry at the village of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Meade of the Union "Army of the Potomac" rushed up troops and held the high ground. Rather than retreat, Lee sent his troops uphill against the Union line in the fiercest battle of the War, resulting in over 51,000 soldiers killed, wounded, missing or captured over three days. Gettysburg became the turning point of the Civil War. On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address at the dedication of The Soldiers' National Cemetery. Gettysburg National Military Park became one of the best documented battlefields with over 1,400 monuments marking the position held by each military unit, both Northern & Southern.

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Oak Ridge battlefield with 9th New York Cavalry monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.	6th New York Cavalry monument on Oak Ridge battlefield at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Eternal Light Peace Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Sunset over Oak Ridge at Gettysburg where day 1 of Civil War Battle took place.

Sun rays coming through clouds over Oak Ridge at Gettysburg.	Monument of nesting bird on tree broken by cannon balls on Oak Ridge at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Sun rays & clouds formations over Oak Ridge at Gettysburg.	Building used a Robert E. Lee's Headquarters at Battle of Gettysburg.

Lee's statue silhouetted atop Virginia Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Confederate Soldiers on Virginia Memorial silhouetted against evening sky at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Lee's equestrian statue & Virginia Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Battle scene on Virginia Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Rebel soldiers charge on North Carolina memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Confederate soldiers on North Carolina memorial at Gettysburg National Military Park.	View from Little Round Top to Devil's Den at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Rock formations of Devil's Den site of fierce Civil War combat at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Monument on Little Round Top part of the southern end of Union lines at Gettysburg National Military Park.	View north from Little Round Top showing ridge occupied by Union troops at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Monuments to Minnesota & Pennsylvania troops on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Pennsylvania Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Some of the names of approximately 30,000 Pennsylvania troops killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.	Pennsylvania cavalry statue watches in perpetuity over Cemetery Ridge where Union troop lines held during battle of Gettysburg.	View from Cemetery Ridge down into valley up which Confederate troops charged against Union cannon at Battle of Gettysburg.	Monuments along Cemetery Ridge mark where each Union unit was stationed at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Monument marks High Water Mark, the deepest incursion of Pickett's Southern troops against the Union lines on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Landscape of Gettysburg National Military Park shows impossibility of Southern charge from low ground to high ground of Union lines.	Memorial plaque on Cemetery Ridge shows troop formations at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Stone walls & cannon on Cemetery Ridge show defensive positions held by Union at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Cannon & stone walls of Union lines at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Equestrian statue to Union commander General George Gordon Meade at Gettysburg National Military Park.	Cemetery Ridge view to church spire in town of Gettysburg.	House which served as General Meade's headquarters during Battle of Gettysburg.

Gettysburg National Military Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.	Memorial at Gettysburg National Military Cemetery.