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Show TTYSBURG TfYSBURG rrYSBURG ISPILGRIMS ISPILGRIMS IS - - - Ti * < r < t ' < < \ / \ PILGRIMS ! GOAL GOALt GOALlI t lI lId lIof Iost . Famous . Battle in inUnited inUnited d dof of 01 Most iriua * j u"Ai/- u"Ai uAi u"Ai'United " / * - " 'United United ' United States . ' fit fitred by r.a ra Aations1 . . 0eoRraphttc ol'raPhIC olraPhIC : ' societywsgplagton Society red WIIShlngton wsgplagton D c- c cU C4U C-4\ C 4 . - - " \ ' " ' \U U \ U S Service rvlcc rvlccVERY SocietyI I - MyERY . VERY summer thoU thousands 'ln ln ' s of oftZ tZ Amercan Americans [ mal.e male make . the pllgr1mag pilgrimage pilgrimageq ( Gettysburg , famous famousmerIC'll1 \merIC'll1 merIC'll1 merICll1 lmerlciu \ ' q * to ) " battle field and locale of onc one of ofwost of4l 4 dehv delrv delrvAbraham ever famous spl-eches spl eches speeches - 4lmost wost most 4l : ' .Abl11h'lm .Abl11hlm Abl11hlm Abraham . ' Lincoln s Gett Gettysburg Gettysburgrest < ; bUlg bUlgr rest r ss . t restGettysburg Gett Gettysburg sbllrg , during tlie the first tlnee three threeof tlnee"ot tlueek'ofJuly tlueekofJuly "ot ot ' " of July . , 18uJ 1S)3 1S3 ( t ) .the the . , the COUl coui&e couie course & e of Amer Amerhfstor Amerblstory Ameriblstori hfstor blstory ) , if It not Indeed Indccll the thc t1 ticud trend end of ofd ofd ofId d destiny desLlny , trembled tn.mbled tnmbled . in the 0.11Here balHere bdl 0.11 011 bal . Here Americin AmeriC'ln AmeriCln American ' courage andtt nud nnd and nudr nndr reached a high lugh water watcr mirk m\rk m rk ' \ , , here herehopes herehopes here'hopes herehopes r tt ttr ' hopes of ot the Confederacy Confedency Confederlcy attnined attained attninedr attainedrl attainedrflood r rl rlflood flood stage and began the ebb ebbended ebbended ebbended ; . ended at Appomattoa Appomatto\ Appomatto Appomattox Appomattoxone Appomattoone : . \ . i one motoTs moto's motos motor motors ' s along the avenuesmark avenues avcnue ; mark the Ule battle lines llnes , now noss no\ no nopuu \ , paui puu paus pausi pausla pauiIn > i In la re reference , erence before . this ind 1nd ' tintument tlr tint tintnation t ' ument ert erected cteJ on the field , no\\ no now nong nowlag \ \ lag ng the earth\\"oll.s eartholl.s earth "oll.s olls earthworks \ " . of a famol1 famous famousik climbt S , divisIon dlyfslon , or brIgade , no\\ no now noclimb \ climb climbone climbone ik iks t one or another 01 of the th rite e steel steeltatlon steelcation nation tatlon cation toer tow to\\ to \ er era ers for a broider bro'1der bro1der broader ' bw sw \ oep eep oepe eepj eepe eephe e terrain , he understands why whyIs \ wh h ; ' j Is the mostillely most \ widely \\illely illely known kno\\n kno n \ \ of ail ailbnttle ail ailbattle allbattle bnttle battle field fields of America , nttrnc.tln nttrnctln attractiii attractiiire attractingre . , ; re than 800 800000 500000 000 visitor fisitors , Islto ; , animall nnnuall annuall ; ) ever e\er e er efer \ did any an } commander face his hisem 1yem yem em under gre greUci greeter Hel dilhculty dllhculty dithculty thanGen thanGen than thanGen 1 ! Gen George GordonIeade Gordon : \ Meade \Ieade Ieade Ato'clock At o'clock oclock ' on tlie the morning of JUlie Jutie Jutieess Juneess . [ ess than thun SO 80 houii bOUl hours : . > before the gl gieit great e\t e t ' \ He Ie le opened , heas he \ was \\as as \ awakened 3\\aI.ened 3aI.ened 3 aI.ened aIened \ \ . in intent intent intent | tent at the headquirtcis he.1dqurtels headqutrtets he.1dqu he1dqu . \rtels rtels \ of tile the tilecorps thecorps tbeh [ corps , which he had been com corn comdIng cornding cornEiding dIng An officer oll1cer fiom flom from "a a Washing Washingnnounced " cashingfcnnounced < ; llln nnounced that he hid h'ld hld had ' come brln bring bringtrouble bringtrouble [ trouble Later , in a letter to Ius his IusMeade hisMeade hisi Meade confessed conres.ed conresed : . tint th\t th t ' \ he thought thoughtofficer thoughtofficer thoughtiofflcer officer had bad come to lelieve leIle\e leIle e reliese \ him h1m of ofcommand ofcommand ofcoinmand ; command or to : airest u rest him , but his hisclence hisdeuce hisiclence clence deuce \ was as clear . d trouble itaq it \\aq aq was \ wa " that the oll1ccr officer oll1ccrght officerght officerlight ght , though of a vistly nsUy vastly different differentHe differentHe differeutBL He delivered an order from the thedepartment thedepartment ther department directing General Generalde Generalde Generalide de de to take command of the Army Armye Armyptie e Potomac , concentrate its scatforces scat- scat scatforces scat-id scat id - forces , , break the hold of the theof the7 1 ' of Northern Virginia YIrgmla on the Sus Susanna Susanna Susbanna anna protect Baltimore nndYash and nnd \Yash Yash Wash \ Wash\ Wash WashThey \ 1 \ 1r'y r'y ry r'y4YN ' 4YN u F Fu pV A is ist t 9 9r . . r n : w w - A . AThey They Fought at Gettysburg GettysburgDp wp Gettysburgwp Dp , bring tife the invaders insaders to battle battlecause , ; cause them to retreat to their owneral own owni , i neral eral Lee , too , was wns In straits straitsts straitsis straitsirts ts is dasli dash around Hooker's Hookers IIool.er's IIool.ers IIoolers . ' armydeprh'ed armydeprived army armydeprived deprived deprh'ed deprhed ' the Southern leader of ofonly ofmy ofonly only my eyes an army could have bedlflglbles bedirigibles be dirigibles dlflglbles and airplanes came intoThose Into IntoF F . Uiose those three last days of Junecommanders Junecommanders June ; commanders were at a dls'l dlsl dis'd disd dis'dage3Ieade disidiage ' age-Uea age Uea age-3Ieade age 3Ieade - . - : Meade e because he had had hadt hadtt t upon Dpon him a Herculean task .tnd tnd and . andt .tndt . t get his hands bands on the leins lems reins , , andbecause andbecause and andbecause because his bls ca ca\alry ca alry casalry \ airy wag was beyondeach be beyond beyondach ond ondacb each ach acb . . I l { lTwo Two Great Battlesw Battles BattlesFw Fw w visitors Isltors who go to GettysburgR Gettysburgze Gettysburg R ze % I battleI 8 & that there \ were ere t\\ t two t0 \ 0 battleIn battlein battle theIe In that historic struggle 'Ihe Ihe 'the the 'Ihee 'thee ' e of the flr&t flrt fir.t firt first & : . day was fought to toorth toorth tonorth orth and west of the town Not Notnglc Notogle Notagle nglc ogle federal soldier w \ was as left on on.field onfield . field onfield when tie q e fight ended in mId mIdnoon midnoon midrnoon noon How Row complete was the theedf'rate theedprate theFedprate edf'rate edfrate edprate ' victory on that day was wasoSed wasused wasfosed Generalde oSed used after the war by General de deho , \ who \\ho ho said that If General Lee [ folIo\\ folIo folIoed followed Leefollowed LeefolIo \ ed and placed his batteries batteries"IP'S batteriesIPS " Ip's Ips 1p's 1ps batteriesIp's batteries1p's ' hill hm bill that evening tlie the federalwould federalwould federal ? would "Id Id " have ha\e ha e base \ been forced to withe with Wlth withr r- r rie - ie e need only climb the observatlon observation observationv observatlonr observationr r near the site of or ' General Meade's Meades Meade'squarters Meade'squarters Mcade'squarters Mcadesquarters vantaget antaget bantaget quarters and from thatantage that \antage antage bantage \ t view the second battle field toeclate toeclate to eclate elate the tremendous price the the"crates thecrates ederntes ederates theederntes theederates ederntesere " were \\ere ere Isere \ destined to pay on ( vieOf .Icot bdcof econd onecond and the third for their .Ic Ic bdc . ( ot of the first fir&t firt & For ror here Nature hac1 had hadi"ed hadied hac1ded hadtied | ded tied " vcritcitadel erltcitadel beretcitadel General Meade with a \ vcrit beret erlt inh citadel re'HI reHI reidi ready ' ) for fortification , . , in In"to Into h " to cnlsghen eventsgiven await R\\alt R alt awalt \ an attack and antI c\ c ccnls events eventswen \ cnls ghen given Potonncto POtODI'1Cto Potonricto the Army of tlie the Potonnc POtODI'1C POtODI1C Potonric ' to occupy this posltlonnd position posltlon ind \nd nd and ' \ en h enh a itselfre Itselfa Itself1e Itself Itselfre a re 1e the legions of Lee cndeavored endeavored endeavoredycrpower cndeavoredvcrpower endeavorederposver vcrpower erposver their gallant foes of ofa ofa off a Virginia battle field ncri lIcr/ lIcr ller / > * 'ailed ailed waded lIcr'ailed " ' aded swaded through blood s Peacliard Peachd at ut tlie the Peach thethe theythe d and the Wheatfleld Wheatfteld Wheatfield ; here thev the\ the they \ tliati thatat at . i the ita Its , ! most bitterest withering "erine erine " bla blasts ts tliat that could bring uponJ upon uponaa J , possessionerlI possessionevils -aa aa - as they " y struggled tor for possession possessiontn possessiont t [ erlI evils heightswe heightsttle heightsthe tn , 8 Dca Den uea anI aM and ( tbe the roc.Icy rocIcy rocky " . y heights ttle the Issue00 issueon Round Rour " ! Top , wlicre where the issue issueJ J ; Generalen on tbe the quick eyo eya eye of General ; en " and the matter of a few mint minrice min mln [ > t rice victory "y y " eluded eludel1 the grasp o ot ot ( ; , n the Ft fi fithtlne fighting ; htIng of tlle the econd bccond second > day yL yLwf t telostd clOBld elostd ni -wf wf - frlhtCulof frightfulof u do\\ do down don \ n upon the frishtful frlhtCul frightful : ; fiowert of ofcarnago carnago rna o with the fiower flower flowertonewali t tonewali Ine Ine's ' ne\Vall ne Vall ewail \ Jackson's Jacksons Jac.kson Jackson . ' ' & , old corps In e e's es ' southernof southunof . trenches " es , on the southun southern of ' ' ofa ofe's ' tulp'g tulpg Culp's Culps Hill Bull , . , within wJthin 150 feet of e's es a line 1Ine of hise hisfe retreat and < . close .lose lose to his hison \e e fe \ theon theyon llarhed larked [ ed artillery " " " "y y " . There theyd thev the\ the they thevl theyt \ " d t on on l dreaming"se " lwr thtIr thUr .arms arms . ms , , little dreaming close "se se " they were to vIctory victory . , , n as s [ they settled down to a fitful slumber s1umtler . Could they hold their gains on the themorrow themorrow themorrow morrow and drive drivo through tbrough the hun huntIred huntired hundrcd tIred paces to triumph ? At four fouro'clock fouro'clock fouro'clock fouroclock o'clock oclock ' the next nest morning guns boom boomout boomout boomout out their demand for an nn answer anscr ans\\ ans \ cr . 'he he 'hebattle ' Ihebattle he hebattle battle Is on ArtllIer Artillery ArtIliery . } Ore fire lire bln blasts < ; ts their theirfront theirfront theirfront front and aud ral rakes es their links fhnl.s fhnls flanks { . Mu Musket Musketfire Musketfire < ; ket ketfire fire throws a deadly dcadly leaden hail Into Intothcm intothem Intothem thcm them from almost nlmost eveiy e\elY e elY every \ nn angle le . .rhelr rhelr Their Theirposition ' Theirposition .rhelrposition . position becomes an inferno They TheychalgC Theycharge Theychaige chalgC charge Into a blinding sheet of all arms armsfire armsfire armsfire fire ; the thereel thev the\ the , \ reel back , reform , cbargc charge chargeind armsI , I 1nd and ' are hut huded hutled led back bacle again Again they theyreform theyreform theyreform reform and antI charge once more At la.t lat last la : . talmost , Illmost almost literally blisted bhsted blasted from the field fieldthe , the bugles sound the mournful notet note notes , or of orthe ofthe ofthe the rctreit retre'lt retrelt retreat ' and General Gencral Meide Me\de Me de Heide ' \ holds holdsthe holdsthe holdsthe the ground grOllnd unchallenged . , . Pickett's Picketts ' Famous Charge ChargePlcI.dt's ChargePlcl ChargePickett's ChargePicketts Plcl PlcI.dt's PlcI.dts PlcIdts . + ttt's ttts ' ' charge \ will ill ever eer eser e\ e \ er 11\ 11 live 11e like \ e In Inthe inthe Inthe the minds mlnlls of men mcn as the climatic epl eph eplsode ephsode episode sode of Gltt Gettysburg sburg , , but military mlhtary men inen menagree inenagree menagree agree that In the thc menace it held , in the thefierccnes thefierceness theucrccncs fierccnes fierceness ; } of the assaults tint th'1t th1t that ' were weremade \ wciemade ele elemll mll made e , In ( n the C\I C I cunage c'iinage ciinage ' \ nage that v\as v as was \ \ a > wrought \ v\rought.the vrought.the v rought.the roughtthe \ rouht : ; . , the attack nUacI attach . made bthe bv b\ b bs \ the men whom whomStonewall \ whom&tonev\dll whom&tonev whomtonev dll hom hom&tonc &tonc\\ &tonc tonc &toncIII Stonewall & \ \ < III JacI Jackson son Ind h'ld hld had ' l led d at Bun Bull BunHun BullItun Bullllun Hun Itun Hunntlltum . , . \ Antietam \ntll-tum ntll tum - , Frederleksburg FretIerltkburg Frederick.burg Frederickburg , . , .mtI mtI and andChancellorsulle . andChancellorsville .mtIChancellors Chancellors\ Chancellors ChancellorsIlle Chancellorsulle \ Ille deser\ deser desenes deseres deserses \ es an equal equalplace equalplace equalplace place in tlie the nnn nnnils anntls lIs of \ war \ ar that 'Ihat Ihat ' at attack attack attack tack lasted for si six sie hours hour Pickett'sch Pickettsch Plc.ett'sch Pickett'schi Plc.ett's Plc.etts Plcetts Pickett's Picketts ] . ' ch chi U 114,0 1140 ube be , DlO\ DlO mos mo\cd mo cd DlOed \ ed out at three o 0 clock clockreached , rwclled ruched lligli lhgh high lligliatcr Iti \\atcr atcr \ \ atcr ater Mark Inrk ut at 3 20 , be- be beIln beban be-nn be nn - - Il\n Il n ban , { , \ It Its Its retreit retre\t retre t retreat ' \ : at :1t 1t 3 40 40 . , aud.IS and aud was \\.IS .IS \ \ . oft oftthe oftthe offthe the leld l1eld field ( a little htUc after aCter foul tout o'clock.5 o'clockis o'clock oclock o'clockYs ' \ . Ys \.5 .5 is n tl a mfUt mlllt mllltiry u'i ui try ' ' spcctnelt Slcctuc.le Slcctucle sliectitcie [ . , , that con concludlng coneluding coneluding cludlng eluding act ha hab has ne\ ne ne\cr ne cr neer neber \ er been excelled e'ccelled eccelled excelledIts e'ccelledIts excelledIts ' Its prelude was \ \ js as pI placed played . ! , } ed bv by 300 JOO guns gunsas , . as b.1tter b1tter batter battery . ) nn\\ nn nnere answered ' : . \ \ ere b\ttCl b ttCl b'ttet bttet bittcii ' \ ) icross lcross tcross the theentl theentlv " , ( , enth entl % I lolling oIlIng tolling lelds Hellis fields ( o\er o er 0u oscr 0\ 0 \ u which the thelustOI1C thehistoric thehistouc lustOI1C historic char charoO cttare " , C vi \ \ \ is to sweep "Evel Evel "Every Every "Everyposition "Eveiypo&ition Eveiypoition " y yI position I > o & ltlOn seem seems & to have ha\e ha e hate \ broken outl1h out \ with \\l1h l1h gun guns e\ e es elr c\eri c eri \ l-r l r lr'r try - \'r 'r r w \ ' where bere here , , and fcom from Round hound Round'fop houndTop RoundTop 'fop fop Top ' to Cemetery I1I11 lUll 11111 Is like n a bla71ng blazing blazingbolcino bla7ingvolci bolcino \ ole ! no " reported one ofiICer officer onicer "the the "thegrand "thegrand thegrand " ' 1 he hegrand grand roai roal of or nearl nearly ) the \ whole hole ar artillety artilleiy r rtlllelY tlllelY tillety of both armies arwle : . , burst In on the thesilence thesilence lIenc.e lIence silence < ; . , almost nlmost n as > suddenl suddenly ) as the full fullnote fullnotes fullnotes note notes , of in 1n 'n n ' organ orglln would fill a achurch achurch achurch church . , " \ wrote \ rote another anojler ( . In an hour and a halt half the Fel1eralJJ Federal Fel1eralJJslackened Federalslackened Federalsslackened slackened their fire , so that their guns gunsmight gunsmight gunsmight might cool . , \ wrecked recI.ed recIed . batteries be re repl'1ced replaced repliced pl'1ced pl1ced placed ' , and the atmosphere anO\\ anO allowed anOed \ \ ed to tocJear toclear toclear cJear clear . Forty rorty two Confederate regiments regimentsmove regimentsmove regimentsmove move out PIckett leads them , with withhis withhis withhis his ov\n ov n 0n own 0\\ 0 \ \ n division In the center . Zhecharge 'Ihe Ihe Zhe 'Ihecharge ' Thecharge |
