Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is a historic 19th-century burial ground overlooking the Gettysburg battlefield, noted for its role in the Civil War and as the site near which Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf burial ground
cemetery
historic site
adjacentTo Gettysburg National Cemetery
associatedWithEvent Gettysburg Address
associatedWithPerson Abraham Lincoln
category American Civil War cemeteries
Buildings and structures in Adams County, Pennsylvania
Cemeteries in Pennsylvania
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designStyle rural cemetery movement
established 1854
foundedBy Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs
surface form: Evergreen Cemetery Association of Gettysburg
gatehouseUsedAs Union headquarters during Battle of Gettysburg
governedBy Evergreen Cemetery Association
hasFeature family plots
historic headstones
monuments
ornamental trees
hasHistoricUse artillery positions during Battle of Gettysburg
hasNotableBurial David Wills
Edward McPherson
Elizabeth Thorn
James A. Beaver NERFINISHED
Jennie Wade
John L. Burns
Samuel Simon Schmucker
William D. Holtzworth NERFINISHED
hasStructure Evergreen Cemetery
surface form: Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse
hasViewOf Cemetery Ridge
Culp's Hill
locatedIn Adams County, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
locatedOn Cemetery Hill
near Gettysburg National Military Park
site of the Gettysburg Address
openTo public
overlooks Gettysburg National Military Park
surface form: Gettysburg battlefield
partOf Gettysburg National Military Park
surface form: Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District
servedAs Union defensive position
significance Civil War history
commemorative landscape
usedDuring American Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg

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Eddie Plank burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Evergreen Cemetery ownedBy Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Evergreen Cemetery Association of Gettysburg
Evergreen Cemetery hasAlternateName Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form: Evergreen Cemetery of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Eddie burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania foundedBy Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Evergreen Cemetery Association of Gettysburg