. Gettysburg; the story of the battle of Gettysburg and the field, described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . Cham-bersburg Street branchesinto Springs Avenue andChambersburg Pike. Alittle less than half a milebrings one to the LutheranSeminary, the tower onthe main building being the one used by Buford andReynolds as a post of observation. Beyond the Seminary is Seminary Avenue, extendingfrom the Chambersburg Pike to the Fairfield Road andconnecting with West Confederate Avenue at the latterroad. Continuing out either the Chambersburg Pike orFairfield Road one comes to Reynol
. Gettysburg; the story of the battle of Gettysburg and the field, described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . Cham-bersburg Street branchesinto Springs Avenue andChambersburg Pike. Alittle less than half a milebrings one to the LutheranSeminary, the tower onthe main building being the one used by Buford andReynolds as a post of observation. Beyond the Seminary is Seminary Avenue, extendingfrom the Chambersburg Pike to the Fairfield Road andconnecting with West Confederate Avenue at the latterroad. Continuing out either the Chambersburg Pike orFairfield Road one comes to Reynolds Avenue, just back ofthe McPherson Farm and the main line of the morningsfight of the first day. To the north, Reynolds Avenueconnects with BufordAvenue, marking theposition of Devins Caval-ry Brigade and the rightflank of the Union Armyuntil the arrival of How-ard. Buford Avenue, ex-tends to the Mummas-burg Road, the scene of thestruggle with Iversonsmen as they came downthat road. A quarter of a milp north nf tVlic: Ic 0?»V *^**^ New Jersey Infantry d UHie IIUI Lll Ul Llllb IS \^clK Colgrove Ave., McAllisters Woods. 57 Hill, with its mounted guns, marking the artillery attackon Howards line as it was drawn up north of the town. To reach the scene of the afternoons fight on thefirst day, one should walk or drive north on Carlislestreet. About half a mile beyond the town limits isHoward Avenue, extending in a diagonal direction fromthe Mummasburg Road to the Harrisburg Road, passingBarlow Knoll. It was from this direction that Howardsmen were driven back through the town to CemeteryHill. If one walks out Carlisle Street to Lincoln Avenue,turns west to the Mummasburg Road, thence throughHoward Avenue to the Harrisburg Road, and back pastthe County Almshouse to the town, one covers theterritory which was the scene of the effort of Steinwehrand Barlow to keep Early and Rodes from enteringGettysburg. The second days battle is divided into two sections,some distance from each oth
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