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Probable actual spot where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address
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This is the most likely actual spot where the speaker's platform was located, from which Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address ON November 19th, 1863.
Contrary to popular belief, the speech was not delivered from the very ornately marked "Lincoln Address Memorial" closer to the street entrance; based on numerous photographic analyses, the location given here, inside the present-day cemetery, was most likely the actual spot.

Little Round Top
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Key battleground of the Battle of Gettysburg of the US Civil War. July 2, 1863.

'Cyclorama Center' by Richard Neutra
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The Devil's Den
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Pickett's Charge - Battle of Gettysburg
tallturtle82 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tallturtle82.
Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Its futility was predicted by the charge's commander, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, and it was arguably an avoidable mistake from which the Southern war effort never fully recovered psychologically. The farthest point reached by the attack has been referred to as the high-water mark of the Confederacy.
The charge is named after Maj. Gen. George Pickett, one of three Confederate generals who led the assault under Longstreet.

Gettysburg National Cemetery
mikeb9991 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mikeb9991.
The cemetery was dedicated on November 19, 1863. The main speaker at the ceremony was Edward Everett, but it was here that Abraham Lincoln delivered his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address.

Equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds at Gettysburg
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
Equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds (US) who was killed on the first day of fighting at Gettysburg (1 July 1863).
'Virtual Gettysburg' (linked below) presents 21 interlinked panoramas of this huge battlefield, begining near the Reynolds statue, seen in the background of the first panorama behind the standing statue of Brig. Gen. John Buford.

Eisenhower National Historic Site
Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Eternal Light Peace Memorial
mlc1us (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: mlc1us.
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial, dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 3, 1938, to mark the spirit of reconciliation and the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Christmas Tree
milwhcky (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: milwhcky.
In Gettysburg's Lincoln Square.

Sachs Mill Covered Bridge
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By: mlc1us.

Equestrian statue of Gen. W.S. Hancock
giove (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: giove.
Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. One military historian wrote, "No other Union general at Gettysburg dominated men by the sheer force of their presence more completely than Hancock." As another wrote, "... his tactical skill had won him the quick admiration of adversaries who had come to know him as the 'Thunderbolt of the Army of the Potomac'." His military service continued after the Civil War, as Hancock participated in the military Reconstruction of the South and the Army's presence at the Western frontier.

'Sentinel' by Martin Puryear
pmoore66 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: pmoore66.
by Pennsylvania Hall on Gettysburg College campus

Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.

A.R. Wentz Library
MathTeacher (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: MathTeacher.

Majestic Theater
MathTeacher (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: MathTeacher.
This beautiful historic theater with its vintage 1952 neon sign was renovated and is still open today offering tradition cinema and live performances as well. The theater is also a contributing structure to the historic district.

72nd Pennsylvania Infantry monument
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.

Monument to Brigadier General John Buford
daggerwell (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: daggerwell.
John Buford, Jr. (March 4, 1826 – December 16, 1863) was a Union cavalry officer during the American Civil War.

Snyder farmhouse
giove (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: giove.

Elizabeth Thorn statue
tallturtle82 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: tallturtle82.
Elizabeth Thorn, (12/28/1832 - 10/17/1907) was a caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. She reportedly burred over 100 soldiers after the battle while six months pregnant.
The sculpture was created by Ron Tunison and dedicated in 2002.

Jennie Wade House
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
The Battle of Gettysburg was the deadliest conflict of the Civil War, with over than 20,000 casualties. However, only 1 casualty was a non-combatant. Jennie Wade was twenty years old when she was struck by a stray bullet inside this house on 7/3/1863.

General Sickles's Wound Marker
kkeps (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: kkeps.
During the Confederate assault on Gettysburg, General Daniel Sickles was wounded by a 12 lb cannonball in the right leg. He was sent behind the lines where the leg was amputated and returned to him. He eventually donated the amputated limb to the Army Medical Museum, later known as the National Museum of Health and Medicine, where it remains on display.

Gettysburg Armory
Fab (VirtualGlobetrotting)
By: Fab.

Gettysburg Regional Airport
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By: Fab.
IATA: GTY, FAA LID: W05

Adams County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)
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Dobbin House Tavern

Black Horse Tavern (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

Gettysburg Water Tower, OH

Green Lake

Gettysburg water tower