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The 1913 Gettysburg reunion was a Gettysburg Battlefield encampment of American Civil War veterans for the Battle of Gettysburg's 50th anniversary. The June 29 – July 4 gathering of 53,407 veterans (about 8,750 Confederate) [ 1 ] was the largest Civil War veteran reunion. [ 2 ]
The 1938 Gettysburg reunion was an encampment of American Civil War veterans on the Gettysburg Battlefield for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The gathering included approximately 25 veterans of the battle [ 3 ] : 72 with a further 1,359 Federal and 486 Confederate attendees [ 4 ] out of the 8,000 living veterans of the war. [ 5 ]
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a 1938 Gettysburg Battlefield monument dedicated on July 3, 1938, commemorating the 1913 Gettysburg reunion for the 50th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1913.
In "The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913," John L. Hopkins retrieves this remarkable event. Wooster author recounts Gettysburg reunion of 1913 in new book Skip to main ...
Attorney David McConaughy, a Captain of the "Adams Rifles", [2] organized the first veteran's reunion at Gettysburg, [3]: 105 and distinguished visitors were hosted at the new Springs Hotel which opened June 28. 1872 The G. A. R. reunion for the Pennsylvania division "in the grove adjacent to the Springs Hotel" [4] had only ~200 attendees. [5] 1878
Old veterans clasping hands across the Angle at the 1913 Gettysburg reunion.. The Angle [2] (Bloody Angle colloq.) is a Gettysburg Battlefield area which includes the 1863 Copse of Trees used as the target landmark for Pickett's Charge, the 1892 monument that marks the high-water mark of the Confederacy, a rock wall, [3] and several other Battle of Gettysburg monuments.
This 1863 oval-shaped map depicts the Gettysburg Battlefield during July 1–3, ... At the 50th anniversary Gettysburg reunion ... Allen C. Gettysburg: The Last ...
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