Gettysburg National Cemetery
| Gettysburg National Cemetery | |
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National Cemetery at Gettysburg Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg |
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| Gettysburg National Military Park district | |
 The Soldiers' National Monument is at the center of "two semi-circular sections" with 18 Union states' areas, 1 U.S. Regulars area, and 3 areas for graves of the unknown.
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Adams |
| Historic district | Gettysburg Historic (75000155) |
| NPS unit | Gettysburg NMP |
| Borders on |
5
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| Parts | 18 original sections 6 postbellum sections Annex of 0 acres (0 ha) |
| Coordinates | 39°49′2″N 77°13′55″W / 39.81722°N 77.23194°WCoordinates: 39°49′2″N 77°13′55″W / 39.81722°N 77.23194°W |
| Area 1863 tracts 1963 addition 1970s additions |
0 acres (0.0 ha) 17 acres (6.9 ha) 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
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Consecration Incorporated NRHP submission |
1863 November 19 1864 March 25 1975 March 19 (structures) |
| Government | 1863: Board 1872: War Dept (Quartermasters) 1933: National Park Service |
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NPS district code GNIS code Find A Grave CRid |
GETC 2498537 1584934 (10 famous interments) |
| Architect | William Saunders (botanist) |
 Location in Pennsylvania
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Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery created for Union casualties of the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. It is located just outside Gettysburg Borough, in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The land was part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the cemetery is within Gettysburg National Military Park.
Originally called Soldiers' National Cemetery, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the cemetery's consecration, November 19, 1863.
The cemetery contains 3,512 interments from the Civil War, including the graves of 979 unknowns. It also has sections for veterans of the Spanish–American War, World War I, and other wars, along with graves of the veterans' spouses and children. The total number of interments exceeds 6,000.
Battlefield monuments, memorials, and markers are scattered throughout the cemetery, and its stone walls, iron fences and gates, burial and section markers, and brick sidewalk are listed as contributing structures within Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District.
The centerpiece of Gettysburg National Cemetery is Soldiers' National Monument (1869), a 60-foot-tall (18 m) granite monument designed by sculptor Randolph Rogers and architect George Keller. It is surrounded by concentric semicircles of graves, divided into 18 sections for Union states (1 each), a section for United States Regulars, and 3 sections for unknown soldiers.
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