Gettysburg National Battlefield Park

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is a lovely small town surrounded by farms. The area is awash in green, rolling hills, and is almost stereotypically serene and peaceful.

This was not the case during July 1-3, when two massive armies collided in and around the town in the costliest battle in U.S. history. The Confederate retreat on July 4, combined with the surrender of Vicksburg to Major General Ulysses S. Grant on the same day, effectively doomed the Confederacy.

Photos of Gettysburg

Tammany Hall memorial at Gettysburg. Monument to the 42nd New York Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg. It features a bronze image of Chief Tammany, of the Delaware. Tammany was adopted as the symbol of a powerful New York City political machine that, among other things, recruited the regiment. The very striking memorial was dedicated in 1891.
Tammany Hall memorial at Gettysburg. Monument to the 42nd New York Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg. It features a bronze image of Chief Tammany, of the Delaware. Tammany was adopted as the symbol of a powerful New York City political machine that, among other things, recruited the regiment. The very striking memorial was dedicated in 1891.

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