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  2. Gettysburg National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, created for Union casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought between July 1 to 3, 1863, resulted in the largest number of casualties of any Civil War battle but also was considered ...

  3. Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg

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    The Consecration of the Soldiers' National Cemetery [3] [4] was the ceremony at which U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. In addition to the 15,000 spectators, attendees included six state governors: Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania, Augustus Bradford of Maryland, Oliver P. Morton of Indiana, Horatio Seymour of New York, Joel Parker of New ...

  4. Soldiers' National Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Soldiers' National Monument is a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial which is located at the central point of Gettysburg National Cemetery. [4] It honors the battle's soldiers and tells an allegory of " peace and plenty under freedom … following a heroic struggle. " [ 1 ] In addition to an inscription with the last 4 lines of the Gettysburg ...

  5. List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Gettysburg National Military Park - Wikipedia

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    April 1933. 1st Massachusetts Monument at sunset 1st Minnesota Monument at the park's Cemetery Ridge. The 1864 Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association and later veteran's associations acquired land for memorials and preservation (e.g., the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument tract with the statuary memorial depicted on the 2011 America the ...

  7. Cemetery Hill - Wikipedia

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    Cemetery Hill is a landform on the Gettysburg Battlefield that was the scene of fighting each day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863). The northernmost part of the Army of the Potomac defensive " fish-hook " line , the hill is gently sloped and provided a site for American Civil War artillery ( cf. the heavily wooded, adjacent Culp's ...

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.

  9. High-water mark of the Confederacy - Wikipedia

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    The high-water mark of the Confederacy or high tide of the Confederacy refers to an area on Cemetery Ridge near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, marking the farthest point reached by Confederate forces during Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863. [1]