Bringing the Battlefield to Life

monument This tablet was placed on the south slope of Little Round Top in memory of Brig. Gen. Strong Vincent on August 1, 1878. Vincent was mortally wounded on that spot.




Monument DebateSilent sentries stand their ground on the Gettysburg Battlefield. Marking both Union and Confederate battle lines, the monuments at Gettysburg tell stories of glory and valor during the three-day battle in July 1863. The story of the monuments at Gettysburg, though, tells of a fight that continues to this very day.

Ever since 1867, when the 1st Minnesota Infantry placed a memorial urn in the National Cemetery, the placement of monuments on this battlefield has been a hot topic of interest and debate for battle veterans and historians alike.

On August 1, 1878, a small tablet was placed on the south slope of Little Round Top to the memory of Brig. Gen. Strong Vincent who was mortally wounded on that spot. Massachusetts followed in 1879, placing a tablet to the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry on the edge of Spangler’s Meadow honoring the men who died in a morning attack as a result of an order their colonel called "murder".


Read Entire Story

Searchable Monument Database

Click here to search for any monument or marker on the Gettysburg Battlefield.

Additional Resources

  • Gettysburg Discussion Group
    This online discussion group has an amazing wealth of information about the battle. If the web site doesn't have the info you want, you can query the daily discussion group, attended by the Gettysburg elite.
  • Virtual Gettysburg Demo Movies
    Click here to watch movies that show how you can explore the Gettysburg Battlefield monuments using the Virtual Gettysburg CD-ROM.
  • How can I help?
    Our links page contains a special section for organizations that would gratefully accept your offer to become personally invoved in the preservation of the monuments at Gettysburg!
  • Virtual Gettysburg CD-ROM
    The Virtual Gettysburg CD-ROM contains a photograph of every monument and the text of every marker in a photographically rendered battlefield on an interactive map. Click here to buy it.

Please link to our site!
Be one of the first to link directly to our monument database or battlefield panoramas. We appreciate your links, and if you advise of your link we would be happy to reciprocate by placing your link in a targeted section of our website. For more banners, visit our affiliates page in the support section.

BattleField Panoramas
The ultimate tour of the Gettysburg Battlefield

© 2007 Another Software Miracle, LLC. All rights reserved.