
In 1761, Irishman Samuel Gettys settled at the Shippensburg-Baltimore and Philadelphia-Pittsburgh crossroads, in what was then western York County, and established a tavern frequented by soldiers and traders. In 1786, the borough boundary was established, with the Dobbin House tavern (established in 1776) sitting in the southwest. As early as 1790, a movement seeking to split off the western p...
July 1-3, 1863 This project is devoted to all soldiers of every rank who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, and to the families of those soldiers. This project is less about the conflict than it is about the people who engaged in it. That said, many historians call this battle the turning point of the Civil War. After two years of fighting, the war was practically at a standstill. In May o...
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This cemetery is located on 312th Avenue, Gettysburg, Potter County, South Dakota. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Wikipedia = Find a Grave The Gettysburg National Cemetery within the Gettysburg National Military Park is an American Civil War cemetery created for Union casualties of the Battle of Gettysburg. In addition to reinterments from the Gettysburg Battlefield, the 1863 state-owned "national cemetery" has subsequent sections for Spanish–American War, World War I, and other wars' soldiers and their sp...
Wikipedia =Gettysburg College is a private, four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. The 225-acre (91 ha) campus is located at 300 North Washington Street in the Northwest corner of the town.Known as the Bullets, the school hosts 24 NCAA Division III men's and women's teams, with a large number of club, intra...
The cemetery is located on 1380 Chambersburg Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It's also known as Hill Crest Memorial Gardens . Find a Grave Billion Graves
The cemetery is located on the north side of Martin Road (Township Road 169) about 0.25 miles north of its intersection with Horatio-Harris Creek Road (County Road 32). The cemetery is located in Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio, and is # 2677 (Oakland Cemetery) in “Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003”, compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society. The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Rea...
This project is for those who are buried in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, located on West High Street, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Adams County,Pennsylvania, 11/19/1863: National Cemetery: President of The United States of America Abraham Lincoln: of Pennsylvania Andrew Gregg Curtin: of Maryland Augustus Bradford: of Indiana Oliver P. Morton: of New York Horatio Seymour: of New Jersey Joel Parker:
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