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Gettysburg National Military Park

 
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The Basics

Address
97 Taneytown Road
City
Gettysburg
State
Pennsylvania
Zip Code
17325
Telephone
717-334-1124
Website
www.nps.gov/gett/
Votes
2
Rating
3
Visited
328
Relevant Time Periods
  • Civil War
Fee?
No
Latitude
39.812440000000002
Longitude
-77.221720000000005
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About This Site:


 
 
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory in the summer of 1863 that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy", it was the war's bloodiest battle with 51,000 casualties. It also provided President Abraham Lincoln with the setting for his most famous address.

 

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