. Book of the Royal blue . the Union forces dur-ing those eventful three days of Jidy. Flank-ing Cemetery Hill on the west, about anule distant, is Cemetery Ridge, on whichwere General Lees headiiuarters and the President Lincoln, November 19, 1863. Asoldiers monument, feet high andsurmounted by a colossal marble statue ofLiberty, dedicated July 4, 1868, occupiesthe crown of the hill. At the base of thepedestal are four buttresses bearing marblestatues of War. Ilistorv. Peace and Plenty. . RESORTS. Around the monument in semicircularslopes are arranged the graves of
. Book of the Royal blue . the Union forces dur-ing those eventful three days of Jidy. Flank-ing Cemetery Hill on the west, about anule distant, is Cemetery Ridge, on whichwere General Lees headiiuarters and the President Lincoln, November 19, 1863. Asoldiers monument, feet high andsurmounted by a colossal marble statue ofLiberty, dedicated July 4, 1868, occupiesthe crown of the hill. At the base of thepedestal are four buttresses bearing marblestatues of War. Ilistorv. Peace and Plenty. . RESORTS. Around the monument in semicircularslopes are arranged the graves of the dead,the space being divided by alleys and path-ways into twenty-two sections—one for theregular army, one for the volunteers of eachState represented in the battle, and three One mile west of the borough are theGettysburg Springs, whose waters, denom-inated katalysine, have acquired a wide rep-utation for their medicinal qualities. Thi-\are said to resemble the celebrated Vichywater, and are considered remedial in. for the unknown dead. The number ofbodies interred here is 3,564, of which 994have not been identified. Near the entranceto the cemeter) is a bronze statue of Ma-jor-Gen. John F. Reynolds, who was killedin the first days fight. Opposite the ceme-tery an observatory sixty feet high has been gout, rheumatism, dyspepsia and affectionsof the kidneys. The Springs Hotel ac-commodates the patients who resort hereduring the summer for treatment. Gettysburg is easily accessible frompoints on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroadin connection with the Western M:ir\
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