Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
by Frederick Tilberg
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About this eBook
- Author
- Tilberg, Frederick, 1896-
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)
- Subject
- Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 56209
- Release Date
- December 20, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK Pennsylvania
- 2.Contents
- 3.The Situation, Spring 1863
- 4.The Plan of Campaign
- 5.The First Day — THE TWO ARMIES CONVERGE ON GETTYSBURG. — THE BATTLE OF OAK RIDGE.
- 6.The Second Day — PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS AND PLANS. — LONGSTREET ATTACKS ON THE RIGHT. — WARREN SAVES LITTLE ROUND TOP. — CULP’S HILL.
- 7.The Third Day — CANNONADE AT DAWN: CULP’S HILL AND SPANGLER’S SPRING. — LEE PLANS A FINAL THRUST. — LEE AND MEADE SET THE STAGE. — ARTILLERY DUEL AT ONE O’CLOCK. — CLIMAX AT GETTYSBURG. — CAVALRY ACTION.
- 8.End of Invasion
- 9.Lincoln and Gettysburg — ESTABLISHMENT OF A BURIAL GROUND. — DEDICATION OF THE CEMETERY. — GENESIS OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. — THE FIVE AUTOGRAPH COPIES OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. — SOLDIERS’ NATIONAL MONUMENT. — THE LINCOLN ADDRESS MEMORIAL.
- 10.Guide Tour of the Park —(See map on page 52 .) — STOP 1. MCPHERSON RIDGE. — STOP 2. OAK HILL. — STOP 3. OAK RIDGE. — STOP 4. SEMINARY RIDGE. — STOP 5. WARFIELD RIDGE. — STOP 6. DEVIL’S DEN. — STOP 7. LITTLE ROUND TOP. — STOP 8. CEMETERY RIDGE (THE ANGLE). — STOP 9. MEADE’S HEADQUARTERS. — STOP 10. NATIONAL CEMETERY. — STOP 11. CYCLORAMA OF PICKETT’S CHARGE. — STOP 12. EAST CEMETERY HILL. — STOP 13. CULP’S HILL. — STOP 14. SPANGLER’S SPRING.
- 11.The Park
- 12.Anniversary Reunions of the Civil War Veterans
- 13.How to Reach the Park
- 14.Administration
- 15.Related Areas
- 16.Visitor Facilities — NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
- 17.Transcriber’s Notes
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