Cemeteries, Guides & Park Flashcards
Who sculpted the Lincoln bust in the National Cemetery, the Meade Equestrian monument and the Slocum Equestrian monuments?
H. Bush Brown
Which Confederate state memorials are found on West Confederate Avenue?
Texas, Alabama, and Confederate Soldiers and Sailors
Who is the current park superintendent?
Bob Kirby
Who is the sculptor of the Soldiers National Monument located at the center of the National Cemetery?
Randolph Rogers
Who was the landscape architect who designed the cemetery?
William Saunders
State the name of the army camp on the battlefield that was established immediately before WWI.
Camp Colt
Which state monuments are located in the National Cemetery?
New York State Memorial and the Kentucky State Memorial
What is the name of the statue atop the National Soldiers Memorial?
The Genius of Liberty
Who sculpted the ‘Friend to Friend’ Memorial?
Ron Tunison
How many monuments and memorials are in the battlefield park?
Approximately 800
Who designed and sculpted the Longstreet statue?
Gary Casteel
What are the statues near the base of the National Soldiers Memorial?
Plenty, History, Peace, Agriculture
Who sculpted the North Carolina state memorial?
Gutzon Borglan
In what year did licensed guides first appear on the battlefield?
1914
What was the first regimental monument placed on the battlefield?
First Minnesota, an urn on a pedestal in the National Cemetery
What is the name of the poem on plaques surrounding the National Soldiers Memorial?
Bivouac of the Dead
Who is the author of the poem on the plaques surrounding the National Soldiers Memorial?
Theodore O’Hara
Until 1895, what organization managed the battlefield park?
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association
Who was the commander of the army camp established on the battlefield immediately before WWI?
Dwight David Eisenhower
How many bodies of the battle’s casualties interred in the National Cemetery are unknown?
979
Who designed the High Water Mark memorial?
John Batchelder
Where is the ‘Lost Avenue’?
It is Neill Avenue on the east side of Rock Creek and near the Z. Taney farm.
How many bodies of the battle’s casualties are interred in the National Cemetery?
3,512 Federals
Who originated the notion and made the earliest organizational efforts to create a National Soldiers Cemetery at Gettysburg?
David McConaughy
