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List of Gettysburg Battlefield observation towers information


Gettysburg Battlefield observation decks may refer to the towers which are historic district contributing structures or other buildings used as observation platforms in the postbellum battlefield eras and during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg:

  • Adams County Courthouse (Pennsylvania), with cupola used by the Army of Northern Virginia during the battle
  • Confederate Avenue Observation Tower, a 75 ft (23 m) version of the same Cope design on Warfield Ridge
  • Culp's Hill Observation Tower, a 60 ft (18 m) Cope tower southeast of the borough of Gettysburg
  • Cyclorama Building observation deck, a closed Zeigler's Grove visitor site for viewing Cemetery Ridge and the field of Pickett's Charge
  • Eternal Light Peace Memorial, a memorial structure with an elevated platform for viewing the battlefield
  • Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse, with roof used as an observation platform during the battle
  • Fahnestock House, with roof used as an observation platform for viewing the battle and one of 315 contributing structures of the Historic District
  • Forty-fourth New York Monument, a castellated building with an observation deck and a closed 44 ft (13 m) tower on Little Round Top
  • Oak Ridge Observation Tower, a 23 ft (7.0 m) truncated Cope design northwest of Gettysburg
  • Pennsylvania Hall (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), with cupola used for viewing the battle from Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College)
  • Schmucker Hall, with cupola used for viewing the battle from the Lutheran seminary on Seminary Ridge
  • Springs Hotel and Horse Railroad, an 1869-1917 hotel with cupola used for viewing the battlefield
  • The Pennsylvania State Memorial, a pavilion monument on Cemetery Ridge with a 2nd-story observation deck and 1st floor viewing plaza
  • Western Maryland Passenger Depot, one of the buildings of the borough's station from which battle casualties viewed during the battle

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List of Gettysburg Battlefield observation towers

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Gettysburg Battlefield

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The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania...

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Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg

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Service (NPS) to serve as a Gettysburg Battlefield visitor center, to exhibit the 1883 Paul Philippoteaux Battle of Gettysburg cyclorama and other artifacts...

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Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District

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The Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District is a district of contributing properties and over 1000 historic contributing structures and 315 historic...

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Big Round Top

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hill is the Big Round Top Observation Tower Foundation Ruin. Big Round Top is the southern peak of the Gettysburg Battlefield and is within the area encompassed...

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Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association

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The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association (GBMA) was an historic preservation membership organization and is the eponym for the battlefield's memorial...

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44th New York Monument

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the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association wooden towers on Big Round Top and East Cemetery Hill (replaced in 1895 with 2 observation towers at Big...

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List of Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War

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Eisenhower Camp Meade 1913 reunion Camp Colt Camp Renaissance References Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War were used by the Pennsylvania...

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Seminary Ridge

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of the Battle of Gettysburg and performed Gettysburg Battlefield landscaping through 1941. Construction had begun c. November 1933: g  for Gettysburg...

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Schmucker Hall

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was filmed for the 1993 Gettysburg motion picture which depicted its cupola as a July 1 Gettysburg Battlefield "observation tower" (cf. the Fahnestock House)...

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Tipton Station

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Tipton Station was a Gettysburg Battlefield trolley stop of the Gettysburg Electric Railway for passenger access to Crawford's Glen to the north, Devil's...

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Emmor Cope

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(1834-1927) was an American Civil War officer of the Union Army noted for the "Map of the Battlefield of Gettysburg from the original survey made August to...

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Mission 66

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visitor center, Eastern Office of Design and Construction, 1957-1958 Clingman's Dome observation tower Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument visitor...

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List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials

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"The Gettysburg Address" carved inscription Second Inaugural Address carved inscription Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, 1924 Nuns of the Battlefield, 1924...

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History of espionage

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observation, Drafting map, and obtaining copies of local maps and local newspapers. When General Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania in the Gettysburg...

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Second Battle of Bull Run

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the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap and approached the battlefield. Pope became convinced that he had trapped Jackson and concentrated the bulk of his army against...

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19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

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monument on the Gettysburg National Battlefield which would honor the 1863 service of the 19th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg. That 7-foot...

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Flight 93 National Memorial

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marble Wall of Names. An observation platform at the visitor center and the white marble wall are both aligned beneath the path of Flight 93. Of the four...

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Korean War

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the "Gettysburg of the Korean War": 5,600 U.S., and French troops were surrounded by 25,000 PVA. UN forces had previously retreated in the face of large...

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Confederate States of America

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conventional "last chance" battlefield imagery of the High-water mark of the Confederacy found at "The Angle" of the Battle of Gettysburg. Allan Nevins, War for...

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List of Pennsylvania state forest natural areas

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scientific observation of natural systems, to protect examples of typical and unique plant and animal communities, and to protect outstanding examples of natural...

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Tent city

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(15 m) observation tower with a vacancy sign mounted on the front. The final cost of the project was approximately $100,000 and it was capable of housing...

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List of United States Military Academy alumni

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Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2009. Tagg, Larry (1998). The Generals of Gettysburg. New...

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Fort Worden

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sent to European battlefields. To keep up with the demand, construction of new barracks and buildings continued throughout the war. 36 of 41 artillery pieces...

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Douglas MacArthur

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I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. But in the evening of my memory, always I come...

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Battle of Grand Gulf

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the war. The Grand Gulf battlefield is preserved in Grand Gulf Military State Park, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972...

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Battle of Britain

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critical tasks of attaining (local and temporary) air superiority and providing battlefield support for army and naval forces. Strategic bombing of industries...

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