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Lincoln’s Visit, October 1862

November 1, 2011 By admin

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania as it appeared from Cemetery Hill, where the dedication ceremony for the National Cemetery took place on November 19, 1863 (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)Visitors to the ceremony visited landmarks of the battlefield (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)The fence near the grave of a Union soldier is adorned with a knapsack and hat (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)Union graves marked by planks and fence posts, before reinterring in the new cemetery (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)The battlefield graves of Confederate soldiers anonymously marked with blank wooden posts (Joseph Becker, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, December 5, 1863; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

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