| Entrance to Evergreen Cemetery. Much of the original brick still
stands. A real piece of history. |
| Inside the gates of Evergreen. Home of our friend and current manager. Brian interrupted
his lunch to point us in the direction of graves of Marianne Moore and Edward
Plank so we could share their photos with you! Thanks Brian!
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| Another view of the historic gates of Evergreen. If only they
could speak what stories they would tell! |
| Looking towards the gates from the cemetery among the gravestones. Just outside the
cemetery gates are the Union artillery positions on Cemetery Ridge.
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| Union cannon on Cemetery Ridge directly across the street from Evergreen. You can
tell by the gun positions that this is where the action was. |
| Same spot on Cemetery Ridge overlooking Culps Hill, the site of fierce fighting duing the
battle. Now monument after monument resides on its heavily wooded slope. Entrance to Park roads traversing
Culps Hill is just a short ways from Cemetery gate. |
| The graves of the caretakers of Evergreen Cemetery during the time of the battle, Elizabeth and
Peter Thorn. Elizabeths battle narrative is a must-read on this web site. |
| Names from Gettysburg's past - Culp |
| Names from Gettysburg's past - Culp |
| Big Round Top is on the horizon off to the right. National Tower is almost dead
ahead as you stand in this part of Evergreen. |
| Names from Gettysburg's past - Spangler |
| Names from Gettysburg's past - Spangler |
| These are the graves Elizabeth Thorn dug by hand after the battle while 6 months pregnant. Please
read her story on this web site to understand her unique contribution to the battle and toll it took on her. |
| Names from Gettysburg's past - Trostle |
| Directly across the street from Evergreen's entrance is this magnificent statue of
General Hancock. |
| Grave of baseball Hall of Famer Edward S. Plank. Graduated Gettysburg College in 1901 at the
age of 26 and was signed by Connie Mack of the Philadelphia A's who were about to embark on
their first season in the fledgling American League. Plank was elected to the Hall of Fame
in 1946. |
| Names from Gettysburg's past - Weikert |
| Grave of the distinguished American poet, Marianne Moore. Her father was a pastor and served
the Associate Reformed Church on West High Street in Gettysburg. Her mother, Jenny Craig,
contracted typhoid fever through contagion following the battle leaving her little girl
Mary who was then only 6 months old.
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| Names from Gettysburg's past - Gettys
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| The National Cemetery is just outside the gates of Evergreen. Here we look towards
the beautiful National Cemetery, site of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. |
| The only civilian casualty of the battle. The grave of Jennie Wade. This grave is
visited many times during the course of a week. You'll often seen it strewn with pennies
left by visitors in remembrance of this young Gettysburg woman who died too young. |
| The National Tower as seen from Evergreen Cemetery |
