Gettysburg

Gettysburg, Washington DC Trip
View from Little Round Top
Stone Wall seen from Little Round Top

The memorial represents the 44th New York & (2) companies from the 12th New York Infantry Regiments & as is the case with most of the monuments the castle has a story to tell – the dimensions of the monument were purposely designed to reflect the numeric designations of the units it represents. The tower is 44 feet high & the interior chamber is 12 feet square.

The monument is a bronze statue on a granite base. The statue is by Lawrence M. Ludke, and is of two wounded Marylanders, one Union and one Confederate, helping each other on the battlefield. It was dedicated on November 13, 1994. The back of the base of the monument has a bronze tablet listing the Maryland commands of both armies that fought at Gettysburg.
Lincoln Memorial close to where he gave Gettysburg Address
The Soldiers’ National Monument is a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial which is located at the central point of Gettysburg National Cemetery. It honors the battle’s soldiers and tells an allegory of “peace and plenty under freedom … following a heroic struggle.” In addition to an inscription with the last 4 lines of the Gettysburg Address, the shaft with 4 buttresses has 5 statues.
Union cannons
Union cannons
Gettysburg National Cemetary
George Mead’s headquarters
Vulture
Snakerail Fence
Main Monument to 1st Minnesota
The Pennsylvania State Memorial is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The memorial stands along Cemetery Ridge, the Union battle line on July 2, 1863. Completed in 1914, it is the largest of the state monuments on the Gettysburg Battlefield.

Smaller monument to the 1st Minnesota showing its position during Pickett’s Charge on July 3
Louisiana State Memorial along West Confederate Avenue on Seminary Ridge “Spirit of the Confederacy.”
View from Seminary Ridge
Confederate cannons from Seminary Ridge
Confederate cannons from Seminary Ridge

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