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Birney Avenue
Road Name: Birney Avenue Named For: General David Birney, commander of division in the Third Corps. Location: Peach Orchard. Built: 1910. Altered: Unknown. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Road is L-shaped and measures .160 miles long x 16′ wide. Bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Intersects Wheatfield Road to the north and Emmitsburg Road to the west, encircling Sherfy’s Peach Orchard on east & south sides. History: Constructed by War Department and named for General D.E. Birney, commander of Division of 3rd Union Corps. Located south of Gettysburg, it intersects with the Emmitsburg and the Wheatfield Road at the Sherfy Peach Orchard.
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Wheatfield Road
Road Name: Wheatfield Road Named For: N/A Location: Southern end of the battlefield. Built: 1829. Altered: 1899, 1934, 2008 (repaved and slightly widened). Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: 1.491 mile long, about 25′ wide. Bituminous treated macadam w/ telford base. Runs east-west from Taneytown Rd to Emmitsburg Rd. Many Park avenues cut across or branch off Wheatfield Road. The portion that connects the two parts of Sickles Avenue is also known as McGilvery Artillery Avenue. History: Battlefield landmark in 1863 and was used extensively by Union forces as a major access road during the three days of the battle at Gettysburg. Ceded by State of Pennsylvania to park in late 1890s and used as a park avenue since then. This east-west road connected the Emmitsburg and Taneytown Road. It was used by Union artillery and elements pf the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, …
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National Cemetery Drive
Road Name: National Cemetery Drive Named For: None. Location: West Cemetery Hill. Built: 1863. Altered: 1896 and 1917. Designer: William Saunders. Description: Original macadamized surface 21′Wx3400′L was altered late 19th Century to add side culverts which reduced road width to 18′-19′. It was again altered early in the 20th Century for auto traffic. Total length 0.603 miles. Vehicular traffic was prohibited in 1989, although authorized vehicles are permitted including vehicles authorized by special permission. History: Cemetery Drive is part of the National Cemetery commemorated by Lincoln’s 1863 address. Avenue was part of the original Cemetery Plan, allowing horse-drawn carriages to progress around graves in enclosed loop.
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Geary Avenue
Road Name: Geary Avenue Named For: Gen. John Geary, commander of division in the Twelfth Corps. Location: Culp’s Hill. Built: 1896. Altered: 1934. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue is constructed of bitumenous asphalt paving over telford-based road and measures 16′-20′ wide x 0.377 mi long. Originally laid out and built in 1896, telford paved in 1899, asphalt paved & widened in 1930s. History: Geary Avenue accesses part of the Culp’s Hill engagement on the lower side of Union held areas, extending through Pardee Field from Spangler’s Spring. Notes: One-way traffic.
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Coster Avenue
Road Name: Coster Avenue Named For: Colonel Charles Coster, commander of brigade in the Eleventh Corps. Location: In town of Gettysburg. Built: 1880-1900. Altered: Unknown. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Coster Avenue is a city street 2 blocks long and 50′ W with a 36′ W paved section on the west side only; east side is sod-covered with monuments on south side. History: Avenue was designed and built by War Department to provide access to monuments associated with first day of battle’s fighting at the area known as the “Brickyard.” Notes: Site of famous mural. Monument Details, Alternative Views, and Contextual Views
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Gregg Avenue
Road Name: Gregg Avenue Named For: Gen. David Gregg, commander of a division of Cavalry in the Army of the Potomac. Location: East Cavalry battlefield. Built: 1896. Altered: 1934. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue was originally telford paved and measured 16′ wide; in 1934 it was widened and asphalt paved and measured 20′ wide x 0.811 mi. Total length (including Confederate Cavalry & Cavalry Field) 1.579 miles. Also includes un-named sodded land as well. History: Gregg Avenue is situated within the East Cavalry Field, scene of July 3, 1863 Cavalry engagement. It enters at Low Dutch Road and joins (and becomes) Confederate Cavalry Avenue to the west. Notes: This is the main road through the East Cavalry battlefield.
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Warren Avenue
Road Name: Warren Avenue Named For: Gen. G.K. Warren, Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac. Location: Devil’s Den / Little Round Top. Built: 1896-1902. Altered: 1951-1961. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.295 miles long by 20′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Connects Crawford Avenue with Sykes Avenue at the south slope of Little Round Top. Pull-offs were added by NPS near east end of avenue in the 1950s. History: Avenue constructed by War Department. Named after General Warren who was staff engineer and was chiefly responsible for defense of Little Round Top. Notes: In the spring of 2011, Warren Avenue was washed out by a sudden April rain. This photo was taken the day after the damage occurred and illustrates the damage the road incurred due to flooding. Warren Avenue used to be …
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Meredith and Stone Avenues
Road Name: Meredith and Stone Avenues Named For: Gen. Solomon Meredith, commander of the Iron Brigade, and Colonel Roy Stone, commander of a Pennsylvania Brigade. Location: McPherson’s Ridge. (West Arm) Built: 1904. Altered: 1934. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.501 miles long x 18′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Connects Reynolds Avenue with Chambersburg Pike. Realigned and regraded at curve (the far west end of Meredith Avenue) by NPS to accommodate increased automotive speeds. History: Constructed by the War Department. Named after General Meredith who commanded brigade in Reynolds US 1st Corps. Stone Avenue marks position held by Stone’s Brigade on McPherson Ridge on July 1. Follows defensive positions of Union Army. Notes: This is one road that changes names.
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Wainwright Avenue
Road Name: Wainwright Avenue Named For: Colonel Charles Wainwright, commander of the First Corps Artillery Brigade. Location: East Cemetery Hill. Built: Circa 1701-1770. Altered: 1885, 1895. Designer: War-time road. Description: Avenue measures 12′ wide x 0.356 miles long roadway with telford base that was resurfaced with bitumenous asphalt. Begins at Slocum Avenue and ends at Park Boundary. History: Part of avenue system designed and built to provides access to various areas within Battlefield. Wainwright Avenue is within area of July 3, 1863 fighting at base of East Cemetery Hill and it follows the general route of a circa late 1700s road and brickyard lane.
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Berdan Avenue
Road Name: Berdan Avenue (Sharpshooters Avenue) Named For: Colonel Hiram Berdan, commander of the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters at Gettysburg. Location: Seminary Ridge. Built: 1887. Altered: 1900. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Carriage turn-around that measures 0.114 miles long and is 15′ wide. Bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Located west of West Confederate Avenue. History: Constructed to demarcate the position of Berdan Sharpshooters sent forward to protect the advance of Sickles 3rd Union Corps toward Emmitsburg Road. Avenue is located in Pitzer Woods and extends to West Confederate Avenue.
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Wright and Howe Avenues
Road Name: Wright and Howe Avenues Named For: Gen. Horatio G. Wright and Gen. Albion P. Howe, Union Division commanders in the VI Corps. Location: Near the Round Tops. Built: 1887, 1897. Altered: 1940. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.730 miles long by 18′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Runs from along Little Round Top and Sykes and Warren Avenues east to the Park boundary. History: Wright Avenue passes through position of Grant’s Brigade, which was held in reserve near US left flank. Southeast of the Round Tops, Wright Avenue extends from Sykes Avenue to the Taneytown Road. Howe Avenue is the eastward continuation of Wright Avenue and marks the position of US troops of Howe’s Division, specifically Russell’s Brigade.
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Howard Avenue
Road Name: Howard Avenue Named For: General Oliver O. Howard, commander of the XI Corps. Location: The Plain. Built: 1882, 1895. Altered: 1934. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Originally constructed16′ wide with telford-base; paved in 1898. Widened & bitumenous asphalt paved in 1934 and measured approx. 30′ wide x 0.946 mi. long. Stretches from Mummasburg Road to Harrisburg Road with crossing at Carlisle Road. The crossing point divides the road into East Howard and West Howard Avenues. History: Howard Avenue allows visitation to Barlow Knoll, scene of 1st day of battle. Follows most of route laid out by GBMA in 1880s. Notes: Used as a cut-through road by locals who tend to drive fast; caution advised when trying to walk or visit the monuments.
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Rose Farm Lane
Road Name: Rose Farm Lane Named For: George Rose, the farmer who owned it. Location: Wheatfield. Built: 1780. Altered: None. Designer: Unknown. Description: Packed-earth 1-lane, 800′ long, 18′ wide. Provides access to farm from Emittsburg Road. Lane was foreshortened. The Cope map (1868) indicates lane extended through Rose Woods to Wheatfield Rd, joining the latter at the east corner of Wheatfield. The lane now ends at the buildings. History: This lane provided access to the Rose farm buildings from the Emmitsburg Road and passed beyond the buildings to the springhouse, the woodlot, and the Wheatfield. The lane was probably used by CS troops to gain access from Emmitsburg Road to Rose Woods fighting on July 2, 1863. Also Union troops stretching from Granite (Slyder) Farm to Sherfy Peach Orchard would have crossed the Rose Lane. The 5th South Carolina returned …
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J. Weikert (Althoff) Farm Lane
Road Name: J. Weikert (Althoff) Farm Lane Named For: The local farmer who owned the lane. Location: The Valley of Death. Built: 1841. Altered: 1870. Designer: Unknown. Description: One-lane earthen drive to what was the J. Weikert Farm in 1863 (now the Althoff Farm). Runs north/south from Wheatfield Road to United States Avenue. The lane is 2020′ long and 20′ wide. After Civil War, lane extended North to access the Masonheimer Farm and the War Department’s United States Avenue.
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Custer Avenue
Road Name: Custer Avenue Named For: General George Custer, commander of brigade of cavalry. Location: East Cavalry Battlefield. Built: 1908-1915. Altered: Unknown. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Grass lane that possesses crowning, side slopes &andside drain swales, but the clarity of these elements is eroding. Crown and slope area 16′ Wx 18 0LF, total width 60′, total length 215′. History: Part of the War Department’s overall park plan. A paper road South of Gregg Avenue built to provide access to monuments at end of avenue, commemorating Michigan participants in Cavalry Field engagement.
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Slyder Lane
Road Name: Slyder Lane (Granite Farm Lane) Named For: John Slyder, local farmer. Location: Southern end of the battlefield. Built: 1852. Altered: 1936 (rehabilitation). Designer: Unknown. Description: Approximately 27′W x 0.318 mi L, constructed of packed earth & gravel. Provides access to Granite (Slyder) Farm from Emmitsburg Road to W and to 1st VT Cavalry monument and D-shaped field as well as woods at base of Big Round Top to the southeast. A trace portion exists into the wooded area. History: The current farm lane is little changed in orientation or composition from the period of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The Lane was utilized by various troops during the last two days of the battle. This lane was enclosed on both sides with stone and wooden fencing. On July 2, it formed the skirmish line of US Sharpshooters, …
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Spangler Farm Lane
Road Name: Spangler Farm Lane Named For: Henry Spangler, the farmer who owned it. Location: Seminary Ridge. Built: 1820. Altered: Rehabbed in 2003. Designer: unknown. Description: 0.48 miles Lx25′W. Earthen road leading from Emmittsburg Road to the Spangler farm house and out buildings from West Confederate Avenue. Altered in 1976 to 22′W near the house. The 1868 Warren Map shows a road existed west of the Spangler House to Willoughby Road. History: The Spangler Lane provided access to the Spangler farm buildings from the Emmitsburg Road which were part of Gettysburg Battle of 2nd & 3rd day fighting. On the second day, skirmishes and sharpshooters were placed here and on the third day Dearing’s Artillery had it’s center located in the lane.
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Benner’s Hill Avenue
Road Name: Benner’s Hill Avenue. Sometimes called Latimer’s Avenue. Named For: Maj. Joseph W. Latimer was the commander of Johnson’s Artillery battalion. Location: Benner’s Hill. Built: 1905. Altered: 1936. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 32′ R/W with 12′ paved area, total length 0.252 mi, including loop at the south end. Replaced dirt and gravel road that existed during Gettysburg Park Commission operation. History: Constructed by CCC to provide access to Benner’s Hill, scene of Latimer’s Battalion and area used by Confederates as starting point in attack on Culp’s Hill. Road was originally established by the Gettysburg Park Commission along the CSA artillery line. Notes: One of handful of roads named for a Confederate officer.
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Ayres Avenue
Road Name: Ayres Avenue Named For: Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres, commander of division in the Fifth Corps. Location: The Wheatfield. Built: 1906. Altered: Unknown. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: 0.303 miles long, 16′ wide, bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Connects Wheatfield Road with Sickles Avenue. History: Constructed by War Department to designate battle lines – here the position held by the Pennsylvania Reserves and US Regular Infantry. Located West of Little Round Top at edge of Wheatfield and through Rose Woods.
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Granite Schoolhouse Lane
Road Name: Granite Schoolhouse Lane Named For: none. Location: Southern part of the battlefield. Built: 1800. Altered: 1934. Designer: Unknown. Description: Approximately 20′W paved roadway, 33′ R.O.W. Surfaced with asphalt; the original road was earthen. The orientation is the same as in 1863 except the eastern terminus shifted northward about 200′. Total length 0.820 mi. Macadamized by NPS early in the 20th Century. History: Road used by various Union troops during 3 day battle for troop, equipment and supply movement; it was only road on major battlefield to connect Baltimore Pike and Taneytown Road. Orientation is much as it was in 1863.
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United States Avenue
Road Name: United States Avenue Named For: None. Location: Second/Third day battlefield. Built: 1895. Altered: 1934. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue was originally 20′ wide with telford-based paving. In the 1930s, avenue was widened and partially realigned at the Trostle Buildings and repaved with bituminous asphalt. Currently measures approximately 36′ wide x 0.781 miles long. It begins at Emmitsburg Road and ends at Sedgwick/Hancock Avenue. History: Part of the War Department system of avenues designed and built to provide access to various areas of Battlefield. United States Avenue is within area of 3rd day Battle and is the first avenue built on the Union battle front by Federal Government.
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Neill Avenue
Road Name: Neill Avenue Named For: Gen. Thomas Neill, commander of a brigade in the Sixth Corps. Location: Wolf Hill. Built: 1880-1896. Altered: Unknown. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Sodded avenue located 0.170 mi NE of Baltimore Pike, S of Rock Creek. Varies in width, 20′ at east section, 50′ at northwest section. Total 0.309 mi L, approx. East section in farm, w/ bovines traipsing through road. Enclosed by stone walls. History: Avenue includes monuments connected with engagements or troop movements associated with the 3rd Day Battle and Wolf Hill. Never completed; intended to ford creek and to connect with Colgrove Avenue. Notes: Also called the Lost Lane or Lost Avenue.
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North Confederate Avenue
Road Name: North Confederate Avenue (sometimes called Ewell Avenue) Named For: None. Location: North of town. Built: 1902. Altered: 1935. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.356 miles long by 18′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Runs from Buford Avenue and Mummasburg Rd to Doubleday Avenue and Mummasburg Rd. Alignment was drastically changed to accommodate the Peace Light Memorial by NPS in 1935-1938. History: Constructed by War Department to mark position of Confederate artillery & infantry which attended Federal lines form Oak Ridge on night of July 1. Shows location of English Breech loading Whitworth cannons/rifles on July 3rd.
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Pleasonton Avenue
Road Name: Pleasonton Avenue Named For: Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, commander of the Union Cavalry Corps. Location: Near the Union center. Built: 1896. Altered: 1936. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Originally a 16′ wide telford-based roadway that was widened and paved with bituminous asphalt in the 1930s. Currently measures 24′ wide x 0.307 mi. long. This is a connector road between Taneytown Road at east to Hancock Avenue at west. History: Part of the War Department system of avenues designed and built to provide access to various areas within Battlefield Park. Pleasonton Avenue is within area of 3rd Day Battlefield. Named after Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, commander during battle.
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Sickles Avenue
Road Name: Sickles Avenue Named For: Gen. Daniel Sickles, commander of the Third Corps. Location: Southern end of the battlefield, including Devil’s Den and the Wheatfield. Built: 1886. Altered: 1895. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.954 miles long by 18′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Avenue split into 2 sections: starts south from Crawford and Warren Avenues and runs to Wheatfield Road. It then continues west of the 1st section, from the Wheatfield Road near Peach Orchard, northward to the Emmitsburg Road. History: Avenue was constructed by War Department to follow positions of Sickles’ command which extended from Devil’s Den to Peach Orchard and along Emmitsburg Road. Avenue is split into two sections. Section one extends from Devils Den to Wheatfield Road and Section two extends from the Wheatfield Road to the Emmitsburg Road.
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Bushman Farm Lane
Road Name: Bushman Farm Lane Named For: Michael Bushman. Location: Near Seminary Ridge. Built: 1800 Altered: Rehabilitated in 2003. Designer: Unknown. Description: Packed earth and gravel farm lane, about 750′ long, 22′ wide. Originates at Biesecker Woods and Emmitsburg Road, it leads east to farm buildings and terminates at Bushman Woods southwest of Big Round Top. South Confederate Avenue cuts the southern end into 2 sections. The lane is part of Park horse trail. History: On July 2, 1863 Hood’s CS Division advanced across lane to attack the Union left at Devil’s Den & Round Tops. On July 3, various skirmishes occurred on or across the Lane. This lane, an old road that connected the Marsh Creek settlement with the Taneytown Road in the 18th century, was enclosed on both sides for much of its route by stone and wooden …
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Sykes Avenue
Road Name: Sykes Avenue Named For: Union General George Sykes, commander of the Fifth Corps. Location: Little Round Top. Built: 1897. Altered: 1935. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.138 miles long by 20′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Altered portion includes 10′ wide by 600′ long dirt covered asphalt trace from woods S of Ave & ends at intersection of Sykes & Wheatfield Road. Realigned by NPS in 1935-38. History: Constructed by War Department to follow positions defended by 5th Corps under command of General Sykes. Located on Little Round Top & extends from Wheatfield Road to Warren Avenue. Constructed to make Little Round Top accessible to tourists. Notes: Sykes Avenue only permits one-way traffic heading north. There are gates near the terminus with the Wheatfield Road that are used to close the road to …
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Cross, Brooke, and DeTrobriand Avenues
Road Name: Cross, Brooke, and DeTrobriand Avenues Named For: Colonel Edward Cross, commander of brigade in Hancock’s Corps; Colonel John Brooke, commander of brigade in Hancock’s Corps; and Colonel Philip DeTrobriand, commander of brigade in Sickles’ Corps. Location: The Wheatfield. Built: 1906. Altered: Unknown. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenues measure 0.787 miles long by 16′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Starting south in Rose Woods at Sickles and Ayres Avenues and loops back northwest to Sickles Avenue, at lower end of the Wheatfield. History: Constructed by the War Department. DeTrobriand Avenue extends along the stone wall and designates the position held by DeTrobriand’s troops on July 2. Brooke Avenue designates position where Brooke’s Brigade advanced on July 2. Cross Avenue designates area where Cross’ Brigade was engaged on July 2. Notes: This is one single road …
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East Confederate Avenue
Road Name: East Confederate Avenue Named For: None. Location: Culp’s Hill. Built: 1899-1902. Altered: 1934, 1999. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Telford road system originally measured 20′Wx7241′LF, widened/covered with bituminous asphalt for motorized vehicles. Now approximately 24′Wx1.308 miles long. Connects Gettysburg Borough and former CS positions on Middle Street to Slocum Avenue; carriage turn-around still exists at Spangler’s Spring. History: Constructed by the War Department to provide access to park property and monuments associated with Confederate positions and movements during battle at Culp’s Hill and East Cemetery Hill. Notes: East Confederate Avenue is closed during inclement weather by a gate at its entrance near Middle Street.
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Buford Avenue
Road Name: Buford Avenue Named For: Gen. John Buford, commander of a Union cavalry division. Location: North of town. Built: 1882. Altered: 1902, 2009 (repaved). Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.63 miles and is 20′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Connects north portion of Reynolds Avenue with southwest end of North Confederate Avenue at the Mummasburg Road. History: Constructed by War Department for circulatory purposes and to mark the position of a portion of Buford’s command during 1st Day Engagement. Located northwest of Gettysburg on 1st Day Battlefield.
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Humphreys Avenue
Road Name: Humphreys Avenue Named For: General Andrew A. Humphreys, commander of Division in Sickles’ Corps. Location: Cemetery Ridge. Built: 1915. Altered: 1936. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Land was acquired in 1896, but road was not built until 1915. Road is bituminous asphalt over telford subbase and measures approximately 36′ wide x 0.097 miles in length. Includes pull-off area for parking, added in conjunction with the comfort station construction. History: Part of the system of roads within Gettysburg Park designed and built to provide access to various sections of the Battlefield. Humpherys Avenue is within area of 3rd day Battlefield and provides access to the Pennsylvania Monument. One of the shortest roads at Gettysburg, this is the road that wraps behind the Pennsylvania Monument.
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Slocum Avenue
Road Name: Slocum Avenue Named For: General Henry Slocum, commander of the XII Corps. Location: Culp’s Hill. Built: 1884, 1897. Altered: 1934. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue was originally 20′ wide telford-based system, widened, route altered, and bituminous paved 1930s, approximately 24′ wide x 1.308 mi long. Begins at intersection Colgrove and East Confederate Avenues and extends to Baltimore Pike near Steven’s Knoll. Used by vehicles and pedestrians. History: Slocum Avenue, named after Major General Henry Slocum, weaves through Culp’s Hill area. It follows much of route laid out on Culp’s Hill by GBMA and encompasses most of the Hill’s monuments. Notes: Slocum Avenue is often referred to as North and South Slocum Avenue. North Slocum Avenue extends from the Baltimore Pike to the intersection with Williams and Geary Avenues. South Slocum Avenue runs from East Confederate Avenue and Spangler’s …
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West Confederate Avenue
Road Name: West Confederate Avenue Named For: none. Location: Runs along Seminary Ridge. Built: 1894. Altered: 1950-1961. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 2.750 miles long by 20′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Runs in the north/south direction from Fairfield Road to Emmitsburg Road. The road continues beyond the Emmitsburg Road, becoming South Confederate Avenue. History: Section 1, 2, 3, and were constructed by War Dept through area where Confederate artillery and infantry were positioned on July 2-3, 1863. West Confederate Avenue is intersected by the Millerstown Road.
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Crawford Avenue
Road Name: Crawford Avenue Named For: General Samuel W. Crawford, commander of the Pennsylvania Reserve Division. Location: The Valley of Death. Built: 1895. Altered: 1980. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.345 miles long by 18′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Runs N/S and connects the Wheatfield Road with Warren Avenue. Cattle guards were added at both ends of avenue when Little Round Top was converted to pasture use in 1980-1981. History: Constructed by the War Department through “Valley of Death,” where Crawford’s Pennsylvania Reserve Division was heavily engaged on July 2, 1863. From avenuem a clear view of Federal stronghold on summit of Little Round Top can be seen. Also provides access to Devil’s Den from Wheatfield Road. Notes: Crawford Avenue is closed during inclement weather by the NPS. It does not have a gate …
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South Confederate Avenue
Road Name: South Confederate Avenue Named For: N/A Location: Built: 1894. Altered: 1930. Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 1.793 miles long by 20′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. Runs from Emmitsburg Road to Warren and Sykes Avenues. Various realignments in 1930′s to accommodate automotive traffic, leaving the road base in place as an archeological site in several places. History: Constructed by War Department through area where CS troops advanced to attack Round Tops on July 2. It crosses breastworks occupied by Law’s CS Brigade on July 3. It also extends through area where Farnsworth’s US Cavalry charged on July 3. This was the first avenue opened along the Confederate lines.
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Reynolds Avenue
Road Name: Reynolds Avenue Named For: General John Reynolds, commander of the Left Wing of the Army of the Potomac. Location: North west of Town. Built: 1882. Altered: 1897; 1958; 2009 (repaved). Designer: E.B. Cope. Description: Avenue measures 0.977 miles long by 22′ wide. Constructed of bituminous treated macadam with telford base. West of Gettysburg, it extends from Fairfield Road crossing Chambersburg Pike. It ends at intersection of Buford and Wadsworth Avenues. The section between US30 and the Wadsworth statue was altered in the late 1950s. A new bridge was constructed over the railroad cut in 2009. History: Constructed by War Department to follow positions of 1st & 3rd Division of General Reynolds’ US 1st Corps during 1st Day’s Battle. Much of it follows the pre-existing GBMA avenue. Road was improved and extended by War Department, 1897-1898. Notes: Frequently referred …
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Hancock Avenue
Road Name: Hancock Avenue Named For: General Winfield Scott Hancock, commander of the Second Corps. Location: Cemetery Ridge. Built: 1882. Altered: 1934 and 1961. Designer: E.B. Cope; road was originally laid out by the GBMA. Description: Avenue originally constructed of telford-based paving measuring 25′ wide. Widened & bituminous asphalt paved in 1934 to approximately 36′ wide x 1.237 mi long. Avenue begins at joining of United States Avenue and Sedgwick Avenue and loops to Cyclorama Drive. The road was altered with the construction of the Cyclorama parking lot. History: Part of the War Department system of avenues designed and built to provide access to various sections of Battlefield. Hancock Avenue loops through 3rd day Battlefield including High Water Mark of Rebellion. Follows original route laid out by GBMA. Notes: Hancock Avenue is often referred to as North and South Hancock …
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