U.S. News Insider Tip: Gettysburg lacks major highways ... 3,500-plus Union soldiers – are buried in Soldiers' National Cemetery. Designed by local leaders after the war, this cemetery was ...

Gettysburg National Military Park has no entrance fee. Visitors are welcome to tour the grounds and the Gettysburg National Cemetery, though hours of operation vary minimally from season to season.

I had relatives who fought for Virginia under Pickett at Gettysburg, and one who fought for North Carolina and was captured on East Cemetery Hill. My wife had two who fought for New York, one of whom ...