Gettysburg

Gettysburg, capital of Adams county, Pennsylvania, built on several hills, 50 miles by rail SSW. of Harrisburg. It contains a Lutheran college (1832) and seminary (1826). Pop. 3230. Gettysburg was the scene of one of the great battles of the civil war, on 2d and 3d July 1863, when General Meade gained a hard-fought victory over the Confederate General Lee. Near the town there are numerous monuments commemorating incidents of the battle; and in the national cemetery is a national monument of granite, 60 feet high.