This guidebook was created by scholars who have walked the battlegrounds, consulted with local experts and park guides, and studied the testimony left behind by the participants. Gettysburg will help you find all the important locales and understand what the participants saw in 1863, even if you have no prior knowledge of the battle.

Stops : The Gettysburg Campaign : May - June 1863 : McPherson's Ridge -- Buford's defense excursion -- Herbst Woods -- The railroad cut -- Oak Hill -- Oak Ridge -- Barlow's Knoll -- Benner's Hill -- Berdan's Loop -- Pitzer's Woods -- Warfield Ridge -- Little Round Top -- Houck's Ridge -- The Wheatfield -- The stony hill -- The peach orchard -- Trostle's farm -- Culp's Hill -- Culp's Hill summit -- East Cemetery Hill -- The high water mark -- The Confederate deployment -- Cress Ridge -- South Cavalry battlefield excursion.