List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield

Gettysburg Battlefield, circa 1903, looking south along Cemetery Ridge and Hancock Avenue. The Equestrian Statue of General George Gordon Meade (1895) is left of center; the field of Pickett's Charge is right.

The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Together, they represent "one of the largest collections of outdoor sculpture in the world."[1]

Most are listed as contributing structures within Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District, which was approved by the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places on January 23, 2004.

Park road system in 1998

As of 2008, the National Park Service unit managed 1,320 monuments and markers, 410 cannons, 148 historic buildings, and 41 miles (66 km) of roads (8 miles of them, unpaved).[2] The largest concentration of monuments is at the Gettysburg National Cemetery, where President Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.

  1. ^ "Monument Preservation". Preserve Gettysburg. GettysburgFoundation.org. Archived from the original on 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  2. ^ Latschar, John A (GNMP Superintendent) (April 7, 2009). "Facilities' closings explained". As our readers see it. Retrieved 2011-02-02.