Travel Tuesday: The Rest of Gettysburg

Now that I've talked about my two favorite places in Gettysburg (Little Round Top and Devil's Den), I'll show you the rest.

This is the Lincoln Address Memorial - the Gettysburg address was delivered here.

 

There are a ton of monuments all over Gettysburg - there are little plaques where you can read about each monument.

This is Bryan's House.  Bryan was a free black man and property owner.  During the battle - he and his family left and union soldiers occupied it and dismantled and trampled a lot of his property.   With little help from the government, Bryan was able to rebuild his farm and lived there throughout his life.

This is the area of Pettigrew's Charge - July 3, 1863

I believe this statue is dedicated to Major General George G. Meade.

This is the Pennsylvania Memorial which commemorates the PA soldiers who fought at Gettysburg.  It's huge (the largest on the grounds) and the views from the top are amazing!

If you are into history, I definitely recommend a visit to Gettysburg!  The town is really cute and they have some great ghost tours!  There is also so much more to the battlefield that we didn't get to because we just went for the day.  

Devil's Den: Gettysburg, PA

Devil's Den is another of my favorite spots in Gettysburg.  As morbid as it may sound, it's fun to play on the rocks, however, this was definitely a bloody scene during the civil war.

Devils den is located just west of Little Round Top.   Devils den saw action on July 2, 1863 due to General Robert E. Lee's flank attacks, when Lieutenant General James Longstreet's confederate corps attacked the divisions of Major General Daniel Sickles' III Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
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The Confederate's were victorious in this battle which left 800 union soldiers and 1800 confederate soldiers dead.

Little Round Top: Gettysburg, PA

Gettysburg is only about a 2 hour drive from my house which makes it the perfect day trip!  I have actually only been twice.  Once in Elementary school - my Oma and Uncle Steve pulled me out of school one day and took me (my Uncle majored in History with a focus on the Civil War) - and once in 2009 with my sister and her friend.
*all photos are from 2009

My favorite area of Gettysburg is Little Round Top. 

Little Round Top is my favorite but Big Round Top also has some great views.

The Round Top's were the site of an unsuccessful assault of the Confederate troops (4,850 people) on the Union (3000 people) which took place on July 2, 1863.   The Confederates attacked from Big Round Top and the Union defended themselves at Little Round Top.

The Union was victorious in the Defense of Little Round Top.  There were approximately 500 Union casualties and 1200 Confederate casualties.

I am not going to go into the whole history of the battle that took place here but if you are interested in learning more about the Defense of Little Round Top visit this website!

Little Round Top is my favorite area not only because I find the battle interesting but also because of the amazing views.

The next few photos are of Little Round Top taken from Devil's Den which I will share about in an upcoming post!

There is also a monument on Little Round Top which looks like a small castle.  This monument represents the 44th New York and 2 companies from the 12 New York Infantry Regiments.  The monument was raised honor of Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth - the first Union officer killed during the war.

Visitors are able to go to an observation deck in the Castle which is accessible the spiral stairs. 

Location: Between Emmitsburg and Taneytown Roads just south of Gettysburg, PA