Treatment Philosophy: The 1863 Landscape

Campbell, Eric

The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address". The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg National Military Park (GNMP) is beginning implementation of landscape rehabilitation, the alternative selected in its approved 1999 General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP). Rehabilitating the nationally significant landscapes at Gettysburg National Military Park is an immense task that will take 15-20 years. The GMP recommends that the most significant missing elements of the battle, commemorative, and Soldiers' National Cemetery landscapes be restored. The attached report contains five sections: an introduction and methodology, and sections covering the general treatment philosophy for agricultural landscapes, natural landscapes, defense works and industrial sites. The four landscape sections are divided into major features. Each feature discussion includes a description of that feature's historic use and appearance, the feature's influence in the battle, the general treatment philosophy that will be applied to that feature, and examples illustrating how the general treatment philosophy will be applied.

Treatment Philosophy: The 1863 Landscape

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