Class Year
2019
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
Spring 4-26-2017
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Gettysburg National Military Park is an immense park, encompassing and preserving a large section of the battlefield. What many don’t realize, however, is that the battlefield was not confined only to the areas that have been preserved, but also to a much larger section of the greater Gettysburg area. Where now stands the Giant supermarket was once home to land that the Confederates retreated over and also, more importantly, to a large battlefield hospital, Camp Letterman.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Labbe, Savannah, "Battlefields and Supermarkets: The Importance of Battlefield Preservation and the Case of Camp Letterman" (2017). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 236.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/236
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.