Jennie Wade - Gettysburg

The grave of Jennie Wade (top center), the only civilian killed during the battle of Gettysburg, rests in the Evergreen Cemetery on Cemetery Hill. Many Gettysburg notables are also buried in the cemetery that gave Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge its names, including civilian-turned-combatant John Burns, battlefield photographer William Tipton and baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Plank. (Click image for larger view).

Old Glory over Gettysburg

The US flag flies over the Soldiers' National Cemetery and the New York State Monument at Gettysburg. (Click image for larger view).

The Flag Bearer

Many monuments at Gettysburg depict flags - and their color bearers - showing their symbolic and tactical significance to the soldiers who fought under the banners. Few monuments, however, depict them as dynamically as the Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy memorial on S. Confederate Ave. A relatively new memorial for Gettysburg (dedicated 1965) the color bearer pushes forward, urging his comrades to follow. Sculptor Donald De Lue later created two more monuments for the field, the Louisiana and Mississippi state memorials. (Click image for larger view).