For any of you who are into Civil War history, Gettysburg is a must-see. Arguably it is the battle that changed the tide of the war, the time when General Lee suffered his first defeat, a defeat that some say caused the Union to win. Close to 51,000 casualties resulted from this 3 day clash of confederate and union soldiers under the auspices of Generals Lee and Meade respectively. Three famous and fateful days...July 1,2 and 3 in 1863 during which 165,000 soldiers met, and through their bravery and with their strong beliefs, the tides turned in the Civil War. Later on, President Abraham Lincoln came to deliver his famous Gettysburg address and from those words a nation was inspired to heal and unite.
The pictures are of the battleground, some of the monuments in the park (there about 400 of them all attesting to various regiments, etc. who fought there).
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