PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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The trees which line the cemetery along the road are 
Norway spruce. They are now in fine condition, 
though planted, as we presume most all the large 
trees were, in 1864, when the grounds were de- 
signed by Mr. Wm. Saunders, now of the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture. All over the field of 
battle the batteries and monuments stand where 
the commands fought, save in the case of those 
like that of Gen. Reynolds, which is seen not far 
from the entrance gates. He has, however, an- 
other one where he fell, at Reynolds Grove. The 
artillery between the statue and the gate is that of 
the 5th New York. A road sweeps to the left near 
the statue, and is carried along the boundary 
of the grounds, sweeping around beyond the mon- 
ument and returning on the boundary near the 
lower side. At its commencement, sugar maples 
line its sides, but to the left of the monument it is 
Norway maples. These have grown so nicely that 
the branches embower the road, but the lower limbs 
are cut away to give lots of air and to permit of an 
uninterrupted view on all sides. The boundary of 
the cemetery is not far from this driveway The 
white monuments which are seen beyond, to the 
left, are headstones in the old cemetery, which ad- 
joins the National, and which is separated only by 
an arbor-vitae hedge, of some five feet in height. 
This is the cemetery of the battlefield. It was 
among the graves our men fought, and many are 
there to-day who remember how the splintered 
stones flew in all directions aboutthem astheplung- 
ing shots from the Confederate guns opened on 
them preceding Pickett’s charge. 
The site of the present one was then farm 
land. It now occupies all the land between 
the old cemetery and the Taneytown road. I over- 
looked asking the extent of it, but I 
should say it is four or five acres, 
not more. The arrangement of the 
graves seems to be a very good one. 
The monument is the base, and 
around, in semi-circles, are lines 
of graves. The inner lines contain 
the dead of states which had but 
few slain, while the outside lines 
being more lengthy are given to 
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio 
and states which lost heavily. The 
spaces between the lii es are 
about twelve feet apart. The lines 
are like broad curb stones, be- 
ing about a foot wide, fiat, and 
slightly sloping on the top. Just 
enough space is allowed each one 
to record his name, company and 
regiment, about two feet or less. 
Looking at the picture, a foot path will be observed 
leading to the monument. On the left will be ob- 
served a lot of white dots. These are small white 
stones, every one of which is marked “unknown.” 
Think of over eightfdiundred’dead, whose relatives 
and friends were never sure of what became of 
them ! 
SOLDIERS’ MONUMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERV, 
GETTYSBURG, PA. 
