Virtual Gettysburg - The Battlefield Tours with Gary Kross

How To Use It

"This tour is something of a staff ride. We'll be covering twenty-one spots on the battlefield - seven per day."
Gary Kross - Licensed Battlefield Guide

July 1, 1863

McPherson's Ridge
The battle begins along the
Chambersburg Pike

Willoughby Run
General Archer’s Confederates meet
the Iron Brigade

The Railroad Cut
The fight for the colors of the
Second Mississippi

Oak Hill
Confederate reinforcements arrive
from the North

Barlow's Knoll
Union First breaks down
from right to left

Seminary Ridge
Union First Corp makes final stand
before retreating through town

Cemetery Hill
Union troops reorganize on high ground
south of town

July 2, 1863

Little Round Top
Confederate attack on Union left repulsed
at the point of a bayonet

Devil's Den
Fighting intensifies as combat goes
hand to hand amongst the rocks

The Wheatfield
One of the fiercest fights of the war leaves
6,000 dead and wounded among the wheat

The Peach Orchard
Barksdale’s Confederates smash into the
exposed Union line

Emmitsburg Road Ridge
Confederates momentarily breach Union line
on Cemetery Ridge

Culp's Hill
Desperate evening attack against Union
right flank foiled by breastworks

East Cemetery Hill
Louisiana Tigers end second day’s fighting
with rare night attack against Union cannons

July 3, 1863

Spangler's Spring
Early morning Union attack is longest
sustained action at Gettysburg

East Cavalry Battlefield
Jeb Stuart’s Confederate cavalry meets
General George Armstrong Custer

South Cavalry Battlefield
Ill fated Union cavalry charge against
Confederate right flank

Point of Woods
Confederates array for attack as
cannonade precedes epic charge

Emmitsburg Road
Blood pools by roadside fences as Union
cannons fire on Pickett’s stalled men

The Angle
Pickett’s charge culminates
at the bloody Angle

Soldier's National Cemetery
Final resting place of 3,512 Union dead
dedicated by Abraham Lincoln

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