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Let us transport you in a luxury vehicle to a turning point in the Civil War. You will be escorted by a Battlefield guide that will tell an in depth narrative of those three fateful days in July 1863
This tour gives you an in depth narrative of the events of Gettysburg battle by showing you artifacts, cinematic perspective and actual battlefield settings from a licensed professional battlefield guide.
Once you arrive at Gettysburg National Park, you will go to the Visitor Center where they will be expecting you. You will see an introductory film, the Cyclorama and their museum. Grab a quick bite before your tour.
A guide will accompany you in the vehicle you arrived in and take you on a two hour tour around the Battlefield, 16 stops all together. You will have the opportunity to step out at many of these stops along the way. The driving portion of the tour is two hours.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Itinerary
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1Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center
Travel time to Gettysburg, Pa from the Washington, DC area is approximately one hour and a half. Upon arrival, you will visit the Gettysburg Museum of the American Civil War, see A Film, "A New Birth of Freedom". and see Cyclorama, a 360 degree painting depicting Pickett's charge.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
2Gettysburg Battlefield
Travelers will hop on and hop off at various sites along the actual Gettysburg Battlefield. This time is an approximate culmination of all subsequent stops listed below.
2 hours • Admission ticket included -
3The Eternal Light Peace Memorial
This memorial, located on the hill where Maj.Gen. Robert E Rodes' Confederates attacked from, threatening Union forces. 75 years later, 1800 Civil War veterans helped dedicate this memorial to "Peace Eternal in a Nation United".
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Oak Ridge
At this site, Union soldiers held stubbornly against Rodes' advance. Eventually the Union line from here to McPherson Ridge would begin to crumble.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5North Carolina Memorial
On this site, the Confederate army positioned itself on high ground along Seminary Ridge
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Virginia Memorial
The large open field to the east of here is where the last Confederate assault of the battle known as "Pickett;s Charge", occurred July 3rd.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Warfield Ridge
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's Confederate army's assault's began here, directed at the Union troops occupying Devil's Den, the Wheatfield and Peach Orchard and against General Meade's undefended left flank at the Round Tops.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Little Round Top
As a result of quick action by Brig. Gen Warren, Gen. Meade's chief engineer, Union officers were alerted to the Confederate threat and Federal reinforcements were brought here to defend the position
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9The Wheatfield
As a result of charges and countercharges, this field and nearby woods was strewn with over 4,000 dead and wounded
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10The Peach Orchard
The Union line extended from Devil's Den to this point here, then angled northward on Emmittsburg Road. From here, Federal cannon bombarded Southern forces crossing the Rose Farm toward the Wheatfield. By that early evening, Confederate attacks overran the position.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Plum Run
Union soldiers crossed this ground on their way from the Peach Orchard to Cemetery Ridge to retreat as fighting raged to the south at the Wheatfield and Little Round Top
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12State of Pennsylvania Monument
This is the point where Union artillery held the line here on Cemetery Ridge as General Meade called on more support to strengthen and hold the center of the Union position.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
13Spangler's Spring
After having attacked the right flank of the Union army and occupying the lower slopes of Culp's Hill, the next morning the Confederates were driven off after 7 hours of fighting
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14East Cemetery Hill
Union forces here repelled a Confederate assault that reached the crest of this hill
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
15High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument
Site of the most climatic moment of the battle on July 4th. after a 2 hour cannonade, some 7,000 union soldiers repulsed the bulk of the 12,000 man "Picket's Charge" causing General Lee's army to begin retreating
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
16Gettysburg National Cemetery
The setting for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. It was delivered at the cemetery's dedication on November 19, 1863
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour is not Wheelchair accessible
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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