Lincoln Cemetery

Lincoln Cemetery (HMKWM)

Location: Gettysburg, PA 17325 Adams County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 49.573', W 77° 14.129'

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Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. His Gettysburg Address, perhaps the single most famous speech in American history, described a "new birth of freedom" that the war might give the country.

While postwar America struggled to make a place for its African American citizens, a group called the Sons of Good Will created the Lincoln Cemetery in 1867 to ensure "the proper burial of Gettysburg's African American citizens and Civil War veterans." Located between South Washington Street and Long Lane, within walking distance from the Soldiers' National Cemetery, the Lincoln Cemetery holds about 30 members of the United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.). It is the final resting place of most local U.S.C.T. veterans.

The first African American veteran was buried in Soldiers' National Cemetery in November 1884, when the remains of Henry Gooden, 127th United States Colored Troops, were moved from the Alms House burial ground in Gettysburg to the United States Regulars lot. The national cemetery's second African American veteran, Charles H. Parker, 3rd United States Colored Troops, was buried in November 1936 after disinterment from the Yellow Hill Cemetery, north of Gettysburg.
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Year Placed2009
Placed ByPennsylvania Civil War Trails
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Date Added Sunday, October 12th, 2014 at 1:12am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 308688 N 4410860
Decimal Degrees39.82621667, -77.23548333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 49.573', W 77° 14.129'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 49' 34.38" N, 77° 14' 7.74" W
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Area Code(s)717
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 412-426 Long Ln, Gettysburg PA 17325, US
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