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Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1584934. Find 6949 memorial records at the Gettysburg National Cemetery cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Add a memorial, flowers or photo.
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- Gettysburg National: a Virtual Cemetery
1842 – 4 Jul 1863. Gettysburg National Cemetery. Gettysburg,...
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Nov 14, 2022 · Gettysburg National Cemetery. The Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 6,000 United States soldiers and veterans. Of these, over 3,500 were among the United States soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg.
- Cemetery Entrance. The Gettysburg National Cemetery is famous throughout the world today as the site of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered at the cemetery’s dedication ceremony four and a half months after the battle.
- The Battle (1st Massachusetts Battery Monument) This artillery, along with the other cannons and monuments located throughout the cemetery, not only mark the specific locations of Union artillery and infantry during the fighting, but also reflect the importance of Cemetery Hill during all three days of the battle.
- The Battle's Aftermath and Creation of the Cemetery (Lincoln Speech Memorial) The Lincoln Speech Memorial is unique: it commemorates the speech Lincoln gave here and not the man himself.
- The Cemetery (Bivouac of the Dead plaque) Looking across the slope of the hillside to your left, you see the first of the gravestones, laid out in rows, which mark the final resting place for over 3,500 Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg.
The Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg (1874) by John Russell Bartlett; U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg; Gettysburg National Cemetery at Find a Grave
This time, Major General George Gordon Meade —the hero of the Battle of Gettysburg—served as the keynote speaker. In 1872, the Federal government took stewardship of the cemetery and now it remains in the hands of Gettysburg National Military Park. Of the 3,354 bodies buried in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, 979 are unknown.
At the cemetery center, the towering Soldiers' National Monument features the figure of Liberty on the pedestal surrounded on the base by War, Clio, (the Muse of History), Plenty and Peace. In addition to the more than 3,500 Union soldiers buried here, the cemetery contains the remains of American soldiers and dependents from the Civil War to ...
