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The 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The Regiment was officially raised on July 22, 1861, by William L. Brown, the first Colonel of the Regiment, in response to President Lincoln's call for volunteers. At the time of muster, the regiment had 9 fighting ...
The main and namesake battle of the campaign was the Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought from July 1 to July 3 in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as a turning point of the civil war. The Medal of Honor was awarded to 71 Union ...
A Harvest of Death, 1863.. A Harvest of Death is the title of a photograph taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, sometime between July 4 and 7, 1863.It shows the bodies of soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, stretched out over part of the battlefield.
Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). Subjects United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners--Confederate. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg. Format Stereographs--1860-1870. Wet collodion negatives. Collections Civil War Photographs: Date: July 1863 ...
The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Together, they represent "one of the largest ...
Devil's Den [1] is a boulder-strewn hill on the end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, used by artillery and sharpshooters on the second day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
East Cemetery Hill is a Gettysburg Battlefield landform used for the battle of East Cemetery Hill during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day.Located on the east of Gettysburg's Baltimore Street and the Baltimore Pike which meet on the hill, the hill is a northeast spur, and the east slope, of Cemetery Hill.
The federal Gettysburg Park Commission (GPC) was established by the United States Department of War on March 3, 1893, [17] for "ascertaining the extent of…the trolley", [18] and former GBMA Superintendent of Tablets and Legends (1883–7), John B. Bachelder, [13]: 1375 was 1 of the 3 federal commissioners. [19]