Gettysburg Museums
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The so-called
Gettysburg National Museum founded by George Rosensteel to house his immense collection of battle-related relics, artifacts, and
Electrical Map was not yet truly "national" because in 1961 it had yet to be acquired by the National Park Service and was still a private concern. By the time of my third visit in 1982 it was then serving in an enlarged and remodeled capacity as the official NPS Visitor Center. It served as park headquarters and principal museum, replacing the Centennial-era
Cyclorama Center until the completion of the current Visitor Center when both buildings were then demolished.
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Cliff Arquette's SOLDIERS MUSEUM - Located in the Civil War's historic old National Soldier's Orphan Homestead building just north of Cemetery Hill - 777 Baltimore St. This was another private museum, created to showcase the model soldiers created by actor and comic Cliff Arquette, shown in front of his building and insert showing him in his popular TV character
Charley Weaver. The building also reportedly served for a time as the headquarters of Union Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard during the battle. Currently (as of last year) it was serving as starting point and the first stop for yet another of Gettysburg's numerous
Ghost Tours!
View attachment 157056JENNIE WADE HOUSE - Jennie Wade was the only citizen of the town of Gettysburg who was killed during the three days' fighting there. While attending to household duties at her home she was killed by a bullet on the morning of July 3rd, 1863. The house is now used as a museum and contains many marks of the great conflict. Of course this was really the home of Jennie's sister who had just given birth and Jennie was there taking care of her. All three of these private museums were along the Baltimore Pike approaches to Cemetery Hill.
East Cemetery Hill
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ARMY OF THE POTOMAC - Site of 11th Corp Headquarters on Cemetery Ridge. (sic)
Statue of Maj. Gen. Oliver Howard, U.S.A.
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MONUMENT TO RICKETTS' BATTERY ON CEMETERY RIDGE. (sic)
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STATUE OF UNION SOLDIER ON EAST CEMETERY RIDGE (sic) -
Here Meade's troops stopped the Confederate attack on July 2nd evening.
Gettysburg National Cemetery
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THE NATIONAL CEMETERY - This aerial view clearly shows the rows of markers for both the known and unknown Northern dead who were interned here. The known dead total 3,555 and are buried in eighteen different groups, each state having its own individual section. The New York State Monument which is in the foreground and in the rear and center stands the National Monument which is near the spot where Lincoln delivered his immortal speech of dedication and is the nation's tribute to her sons who gave their lives as the price of victory on the field of Gettysburg.
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SOLDIER'S NATIONAL MONUMENT - This monument, located in the National Cemetery where more than 3600 Union soldiers are buried, is near the exact spot where Lincoln delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address.
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NEW YORK STATE MONUMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERY - This structure is one of the most imposing on the battlefield and stands within the National Cemetery. It overlooks the section in which lie the dead of the Empire State. The known dead in the National Cemetery are buried in eighteen different groups, each state having its own individual section. New York State has erected this memorial to her group, which constitutes 867 graves, the largest state group in the cemetery.
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LINCOLN'S SPEECH MEMORIAL - The Lincoln Speech Memorial, located in the National Cemetery near the spot where on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Lincoln delivered the World-Famous Gettysburg Address. It is a Speech Memorial and not intended as a Lincoln Memorial.