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The Consecration of the Soldiers' National Cemetery was the ceremony at which U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. In addition to the 15,000 spectators, attendees included six state governors: Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania, Augustus Bradford of Maryland, Oliver P. Morton of Indiana, Horatio Seymour of New York, Joel Parker of New Jersey ...
This moving program features two educational components. Beginning at 5:30 P. M. each evening representatives from Gettysburg’s Licensed Battlefield Guides offer a free interpretive program exploring the aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg and the creation of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, concluding at the Soldiers’ National Monument.
Killed at Gettysburg is an ongoing digital history project from the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, in collaboration with Gettysburg National Military Park, that began in the Spring of 2017. When the guns fell silent at Gettysburg on the afternoon of July 3, 1863, more than 51,000 soldiers lay killed, wounded, or captured.
Nov 17, 2023 · Katrina Stack, University of Tennessee and Rebecca Sheehan, Oklahoma State University On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to dedicate a cemetery at the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Four months before, about 50,000 soldiers had lost their lives at the Battle of Gettysburg, later seen as
Sep 23, 2022 · The Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 6,000 United States soldiers and was the location where President Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address. 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 ...
Aug 6, 2021 · Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: The Creation of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by Bradley M. Gottfried and Linda I. Gottfried recounts the events surrounding the creation of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, its dedication, and concentrates on Lincoln’s visit to Gettysburg on November 18- 19, 1863.
Jul 8, 2019 · Gettysburg National Cemetery, 1940. National Park Service. Building the cemetery began in October 1863 when a committee was formed to purchase land and lead the reinternment of the Union soldiers in Gettysburg. Over the course of several months, about 3,500 soldiers were reinterred onto Cemetery Hill using contractors for a rate of $1.59 per body.
