Gettysburg College & The Battle of Gettysburg: A Civil War Walking Tour

Abstract

Originally compiled by John Rudy as a student project in 2007 at Gettysburg College, this new, revised edition of the Civil War Walking Tour booklet guides a visitor on a truly unique campus tour. Visitors can walk among buildings from the war era and learn how they were pressed into service during and after the Battle of Gettysburg. Likewise, many college figures such as President Henry Baugher, John Jack Hopkins (janitor), and many students are part of this complex and heroic story of Pennsylvania College\u27s story in July 1863