What is Gettysburg National Cemetery?
[[Image:Gettysburg national cemetery img 4164.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Soldiers National Monument at the center of Gettysburg National Cemetery, sculpted by Randolph Rogers]] '''Gettysburg National Cemetery''' is on [[Cemetery Hill]] in [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]]. A short time after the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] the place was bought. The [[Union Army|Union]] dead were moved from shallow (not deep) burial places on the battlefield to the cemetery. It was supported by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin. The local attorney David Wills was the person who mostly bought the land, managed the building of the cemetery, and planned its ceremony. However, the basic concept and early organizing efforts were led by rival lawyer David McConaughy. The landscape [[architect]] William Saunders designed the cemetery. It was called the ''Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg'' at first. It was [[dedication|dedicated]] on [[November 19]], [[1863]]. [[Edward Everett]] spoke at the ceremony. [[Abraham Lincoln]] followed with the shorter but much more famous [[Gettysburg Address]]. 3,512 Union soldiers were buried in the cemetery. 979 are unknown. {{Commons category|Gettysburg National Cemetery}} {{multistub|US|military}} [[Category:Cemeteries in the United States]] [[Category:National cemeteries]] [[Category:Military monuments and memorials in the United States]] [[Category:Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:1863 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1860s establishments in Pennsylvania]]