51st Indiana Infantry

Garfield's Brigade - Wood's Division

(Front):51st Regiment

Infantry

commanded by

Col. Abel D. Streight,

20th Brigade - Gen. Garfield

6th Division - Gen. Wood

Army of the Ohio

Indiana

(Back):51st Infantry

commanded by

Col. Able D. Streight

This regiment was detailed by Brigadier General James A. Garfield at Savannah, Tennessee, to guard ...

17th Indiana Infantry

Hascall's Brigade - Wood's Division

(Front):17th Regiment

Infantry

commanded by

Col. John T. Wilder,

15th Brigade - Gen. Hascall -

6th Division - Gen. Wood -

Army of the Ohio.

Indiana

(Back):17th Infantry,

commanded by

Col. John T. Wilder.

this regiment arrived on the battlefield at 12 o'clock on the night of ...

14th Illinois Infantry

Veatch's Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

(front)

Illinois

14th Infantry

2d Brigade - Veatch

4th Division - Hurlbut

Army of the Tennessee

(back)

14th Infantry

Commanded by

Col. Cyrus Hall.

Went into battle on this line about 9.30 a.m., April 6, 1862, and with slight changes of position held it until 11 ...

Blunt Reservation and Fields

This is the western boundary of a reservation set aside the by the treaty of Fort Moultrie and given to John Blunt (Blount) one of the six principal chiefs of the Florida Indians. The Apalachicola River was the eastern boundary. ...

In memory of 1st Lt. Jerome A. Volk

Lt. Volk was the first Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot killed in the Korean Conflict. Jerome Volk was born March 17, 1925, and attended Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. Volk enlisted, went to pilot training, and was commissioned during ...

"His recovery . . . is yet considered doubtful"

Among the hundreds of soldiers, nurses, and volunteers who worked at Camp Letterman was Private Justus Silliman of the 17th Connecticut Volunteers, a resident of New Canaan. Slightly wounded in the fighting on July 1st, he remained behind to care ...

"The sight of blood never again affected me"

With the departure of the two armies following the battle, the burden of caring for the wounded fell largely on the shoulders of the local civilians. Although much attention has been paid to the United States Sanitary Commission and the ...

Market Square’s Main Gate Fountain

This historic fountain was originally erected near the turn of the century at the “edge of town” known as the Five Corners: Government, Douglas, Gorge and Hillside Streets.

The three-level fountain provided water for parched travellers [sic] and their thirsty horses, ...

"...what in your life you will never see again."

This building was the Professor Michael Jacobs residence which remained in the family from 1934 until 1901. One of the town's leading citizens, Professor Jacobs was a member of the Gettysburg College faculty from its foundation in 1832 until his ...

The Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace

Episcopal

The first Episcopal services in Gettysburg were held at the courthouse in 1867. The first church building of the parish was built on Stevens St. in 1876.

Conceived as a memorial to the dead of both sides in the Civil War, ...