Civil War Gettysburg - Monumental Battlefields

<body> <p align="center"><font color="#808080" size="5"><b>WELCOME TO</b></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="GoldMine" size="6" color="#0000FF">MONUMENTAL BATTLEFIELDS</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="4">    <font color="#FFFFFF"> Read in the words of our ancestors, their actions and bravery, that set this great nation free from the bonds of slavery.</font></font></p> <p align="left" style="line-height: 100%"><font size="4" color="#000000">"The Battle of Gettysburg"  The Gettysburg Battlefield, located in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, is one of the best-marked and most visited battlefields in the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Located in south central Pennsylvania, the Battle raged over some 20,000 acres including skirmishes within the boundaries of this small rural town of Gettysburg, .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The current Gettysburg National Military Park encompasses more than 6,000 acres.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Throughout this area can be found over 1300+ monuments and markers and approximately 400 cannons used during the civil war.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000">   <font size="4">     In July 1863, through the efforts of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtain and a local Gettysburg attorney, the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Attorney McConaughy of Gettysburg used his own money to purchase land in the regions of Culp’s Hill, Cemetery Hill and Little Round Top for preservation. <o:p> </o:p> </font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#000000">        On November 19<sup>th</sup> 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a portion of this hallowed ground as a National Cemetery to those that fought and died here.  The Gettysburg Address has since become recognized the world over.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000">   <font size="4">     By the 1870’s, the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) a Union Veterans organization, became actively involved in the preservation of the Gettysburg Battlefield. <o:p> </o:p> </font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#000000">        By the 25<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, more than 95 Monuments representing Union Commands were dedicated. <o:p> </o:p> </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#000000">        6 years later (1894), the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association held some 600 acres of land and included over 300 monuments and markers. <o:p> </o:p> </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#000000">        By an act of Congress on February 11<sup>th</sup> 1895, the Gettysburg National Military Park was officially established  under the jurisdiction of the War Department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The practice of placing cannons to mark the positions of batteries was established, as well as identifying and marking the exact locations of both Union and Confederate troop positions.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#000000">        While in the early days there was little initial interest on the part of Confederates and their Southern States to memorialize the battlefield on which they lost, this lack of interest and participation was corrected some years latter and most southern divisions (Confederate positions) are now well represented here on the Battlefield at Gettysburg.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#000000">This site uses frames.</font></p> </body>