Stop At: Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
Travel time to Gettysburg, Pa from the Washington, DC area is approximately one hour and a half. Upon arrival, you will visit the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War, see A Film, "A New Birth of Freedom". and see Cyclorama, a 360 degree painting depicting Pickett's charge.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Travelers will hop on and hop off at various sites along the actual Gettysburg Battlefield. This time is an approximate culmination of all subsequent stops listed below.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Eternal Light Peace Memorial, Confederate Avenue, Mummasburg Rd, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
This memorial, located on the hill where Maj.Gen. Robert E Rodes' Confederates attacked from, threatening Union forces. 75 years later, 1800 Civil War veterans helped dedicate this memorial to "Peace Eternal in a Nation United".
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Pennsylvania
At this site, Union soldiers held stubbornly against Rodes' advance. Eventually the Union line from here to McPherson Ridge would begin to crumble.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: North Carolina Memorial, W Confederate Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
On this site, the Confederate army positioned itself on high ground along Seminary Ridge
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Virginia Memorial, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The large open field to the east of here is where the last Confederate assault of the battle known as "Pickett;s Charge", occurred July 3rd.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Warfield Ridge, Warfield Ridge Observation Tower, SW Confederate Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's Confederate army's assault's began here, directed at the Union troops occupying Devil's Den, the Wheatfield and Peach Orchard and against General Meade's undefended left flank at the Round Tops.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
As a result of quick action by Brig. Gen Warren, Gen. Meade's chief engineer, Union officers were alerted to the Confederate threat and Federal reinforcements were brought here to defend the position
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The Wheatfield, The Wheatfield, Cumberland Township, PA 17325, USA
As a result of charges and countercharges, this field and nearby woods was strewn with over 4,000 dead and wounded
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The Peach Orchard, Wheatfield Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
The Union line extended from Devil's Den to this point here, then angled northward on Emmittsburg Road. From here, Federal cannon bombarded Southern forces crossing the Rose Farm toward the Wheatfield. By that early evening, Confederate attacks overran the position.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Plum Run, Plum Run, Cumberland Township, PA 17325, USA
Union soldiers crossed this ground on their way from the Peach Orchard to Cemetery Ridge to retreat as fighting raged to the south at the Wheatfield and Little Round Top
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: State of Pennsylvania Monument, Hancock Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
This is the point where Union artillery held the line here on Cemetery Ridge as General Meade called on more support to strengthen and hold the center of the Union position.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Spangler's Spring, Colgrove Ave, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
After having attacked the right flank of the Union army and occupying the lower slopes of Culp's Hill, the next morning the Confederates were driven off after 7 hours of fighting
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: East Cemetery Hill, East Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
Union forces here repelled a Confederate assault that reached the crest of this hill
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument, Hancock Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Site of the most climatic moment of the battle on July 4th. after a 2 hour cannonade, some 7,000 union soldiers repulsed the bulk of the 12,000 man "Picket's Charge" causing General Lee's army to begin retreating
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Gettysburg National Cemetery, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
The setting for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. It was delivered at the cemetery's dedication on November 19, 1863
Duration: 15 minutes