. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . MONUMENT TO CUSTERSCAVALRY BRIGADE. fc g a1^ APPENDIX THE TOWERS OF GETTYSBURG T N the days of the great battle there was but one*■ tower of observation within the city that servedthe purpose of a viewpoint of the battlefields. Thattower was the cupola of the Seminary on SeminaryRidge, and was used by General Buford, GeneralReynolds, and General Howard on the first day ofJuly, and by Lee on the second and third, to viewtherefrom not only their own, but the enemys lines. Now there are, besides the cupola, five steeltowers, ranging from sixty-f
. Gettysburg, the pivotal battle of the Civil War . MONUMENT TO CUSTERSCAVALRY BRIGADE. fc g a1^ APPENDIX THE TOWERS OF GETTYSBURG T N the days of the great battle there was but one*■ tower of observation within the city that servedthe purpose of a viewpoint of the battlefields. Thattower was the cupola of the Seminary on SeminaryRidge, and was used by General Buford, GeneralReynolds, and General Howard on the first day ofJuly, and by Lee on the second and third, to viewtherefrom not only their own, but the enemys lines. Now there are, besides the cupola, five steeltowers, ranging from sixty-five to seventy-five feetin height, standing on the most prominent pointsof elevation overlooking the old battlefields ofGettysburg. These towers were erected by the Government,at a cost of fifty thousand dollars, expressly forobservation purposes, and the grand and far-reach-ing views to be obtained from their summits shouldnot be overlooked or neglected by any person who [271] GETTYSBURG may have the good fortune to visit this greatestof American battlefields.
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