enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Gettysburg Battlefield - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Battlefield

    The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Locations of military engagements extend from the 4-acre (1.6 ha) site of the first shot [G 1] at Knoxlyn Ridge [1] on the west of the borough, to East Cavalry Field on the east.

  3. Battle of Gettysburg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg (locally / ˈ ɡ ɛ t ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ) [14] was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

  4. Pickett's Charge - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickett's_Charge

    Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault on 3 July 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg.It was ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee as part of his plan to break through Union lines and achieve a decisive victory in the North.

  5. Gettysburg National Military Park - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_National...

    The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War. The park, in the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania area, is managed by the National Park Service . [ 4 ]

  6. List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_of_the...

    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 ...

  7. The Peach Orchard - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peach_Orchard

    The Peach Orchard [2] is a Gettysburg Battlefield site at the southeast corner of the north-south Emmitsburg Road intersection with the Wheatfield Road.The orchard is demarcated on the east and south by Birney Avenue, which provides access to various memorials regarding the "momentous attacks and counterattacks in…the orchard on the afternoon of July 2, 1863."

  8. Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State...

    The Pennsylvania State Memorial [2] 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. [3]

  9. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Battlefield...

    The Eternal Light Peace Memorial was unveiled at the 1938 Gettysburg reunion.. Historical events regarding the district's registered/documented properties include the famous 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address, and the subsequent Gettysburg Battlefield memorial development, historic commemorations, and addition of visitor services during the subsequent administrative eras.