The
Gettysburg National Cemetery within the
Gettysburg National Military Park is an
American Civil War cemetery created for Union casualties of the
Battle of Gettysburg. In addition to reinterments from the
Gettysburg Battlefield, the 1863 state-owned "national cemetery" has subsequent sections for
Spanish–American War,
World War I, and other wars' soldiers and their spouses and children. The cemetery's
historic district contributing structures include the stone walls (
structure number CM01), iron fences and gates (CM02, CM03), burial and section markers (CM04, CM05, CM06), the brick sidewalk (CM07), and various
battlefield monuments, memorials, and exhibits.