Turning Point of the Civil War

Gettysburg is a favorite place to visit. I/we have been there many times. There's so much to see. So much to learn about this important part of American history. Sometimes, we just drive around the battlefield. Sometimes, we go to the visitor's center.

Museum and Visitor's Center

Posing with Abe (2022)

Mom painting a Civil War battle scene

The three day battle of Gettysburg is considered the turning point of the American Civil War. Major General George Meade's Army of the Potomac repelled General Robert E. Lee's Army of Virginia, thereby preventing the South's invasion of the north. The battle was the bloodiest of the war and claimed 50,000 casualties. Several months after the battle, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "Gettysburg Address."

Major General George G. Meade

Gettysburg cannon

East Cemetery Hill

The business end

Monument to a fallen soldier

Even closer

Lee's headquarters

High Water Mark of the Confederacy

The battlefield

Copse of trees: focal point of Confederate attack

Tents

Rabbit for dinner

Flag to 69th Pennsylvania

Posing with reenactors

Civil War fare

Dressed the part

Young soldiers

Honoring the fallen

Last survivor (Union army)

Historical marker

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Post created 09 June 2026

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