Full-Day Private Guided Tour of Gettysburg From the DC Area
Full-Day Private Guided Tour of Gettysburg From the DC Area
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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.
Itinerary
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center
2 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedTravel 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.Gettysburg Battlefield
2 hoursAdmission Ticket IncludedTravelers 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.The Eternal Light Peace Memorial
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis 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".Oak Ridge
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeAt this site, Union soldiers held stubbornly against Rodes' advance. Eventually the Union line from here to McPherson Ridge would begin to crumble.North Carolina Memorial
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeOn this site, the Confederate army positioned itself on high ground along Seminary RidgeVirginia Memorial
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe 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.Warfield Ridge
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeLt. 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.Little Round Top
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeAs 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 positionThe Wheatfield
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeAs a result of charges and countercharges, this field and nearby woods was strewn with over 4,000 dead and woundedThe Peach Orchard
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe 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.Plum Run
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeUnion 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 TopState of Pennsylvania Monument
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis 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.Spangler's Spring
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeAfter 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 fightingEast Cemetery Hill
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeUnion forces here repelled a Confederate assault that reached the crest of this hillHigh Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeSite 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 retreatingGettysburg National Cemetery
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe setting for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. It was delivered at the cemetery's dedication on November 19, 1863
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Monumental Tours Inc.
USD 1,924.52
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