Gettysburg As They Saw It: The Battlefield the Soldiers Knew (Shaun C.GRENAN/AMP) town DOUGLAS EGERTON

DOUGLAS EGERTON

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Gettysburg As They Saw It: The Battlefield the Soldiers Knew (Shaun C.GRENAN/AMP) town DOUGLAS EGERTONSince July 4th, 1863, the Gettysburg battlefield has been changing. The hundreds of thousands of men, horses, wagons, and cannon changed the face of the landscape forever during the three horrific days of battle. After the armies moved on, the fallen were buried, the hospitals closed up, and throngs of tourists began to arrive over the decades. The millions of tourists, alongside modern industry, construction, roads, restaurants, entertainment,