Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg () was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, halting Lee's invasion of the North.
Henry Louis Baugher
During the American Civil War, the Gettyburg College stood in its midst. Elements of the two conflicting armies swept through campus on July 1, 1863, the first day of the decisive Battle of Gettysburg. Pennsylvania Hall at Gettyburg College became a hospital for wounded soldiers from both sides of the conflict. 
On November 19, 1863, Henry Baugher gave the benediction at the ceremony opening the cemetery at Gettysburg; speaking after Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address.
Baugher’s presidency of Gettysburg College was noted by his stern disciplinary practices and high standards. According to Professor Edward S. Breidenbaugh, Baugher believed "that reverence for superiors, submission to authority, and obedience to the rules and regulations of the College were indispensable to the formation of a good character, he inculcated and enforced the duty of loyalty both by counsel and authority . . . [and] he was proficient in detecting those guilty of misdemeanors and violations of the college laws." According to Samuel Gring Hefelbower, who was president of Gettysburg College from 1904-1910, Baugher’s severity was "tempered with Christian love."