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  • Long Lane and Lincoln Lane
    Gettysburg, PA
  • (717) 334-5533

At least 30 veterans of the USCT are buried in this cemetery for African Americans in Gettysburg.

Following the Civil War, African American veterans were denied the right to be buried in the U.S. national cemeteries for Civil War soldiers.  Gettysburg’s African American veterans were buried in Lincoln Cemetery, the African American cemetery in town.  At least 30 members of the USCT are buried here.

For Additional information

  • Deborah A. Lee, Honoring Their Paths: African Americans Contributions Along the Journey Through Hallowed Ground, 2009, 34-36.
  • Historical Marker Database

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