A Small Clump of Trees, Made Famous

The High Water Mark, Gettysburg

3 min story9-stop drive

The story

You're on Cemetery Ridge now, at the place everyone here calls the High Water Mark.

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Gettysburg · 9 stops · 1 h 15 min · 13 mi

1
McPherson Ridge
Old Comrades on Opposite SidesPhoto: Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
2
Eternal Light Peace Memorial
Twenty-Five Years to Light a FlamePhoto: Pke88026, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
Seminary Ridge
The Men Who Waited in the TreesPhoto: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
Little Round Top
The Hill Nobody Was HoldingPhoto: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
Devil's Den
Snakes, Sharpshooters and a Borrowed BodyPhoto: Alana Iesu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
6
The Wheatfield
The Field Nobody Could KeepPhoto: Muhranoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7
Pennsylvania State Memorial
The Governor's Hall That Became an ArchPhoto: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8You're here
The High Water Mark
A Small Clump of Trees, Made FamousPhoto: See below, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
9
Soldiers' National Cemetery
A Few Appropriate Remarks, and 979 UnknownsPhoto: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.