Gettysburg - The Battle That Changed A Nation

We ended the touring on Day One at Gettysburg where the most famous battle of the Civil War took place. Fifty-one thousand Americans lost their lives in July 1863 as the Northern and Southern armies collided in this small town in Pennsylvania. Our tour guide spent two hours showing us the preserved battlefield much as it was almost 150 years ago. We saw Little Round Top, Pickett's Charge, and Devil's Den where some of the bloodiest fighting in American took place. Our cadets learned a lot about who we are as a nation during the two-hour look at some of our darkest hours as a nation.