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In , Senator Robert Casey introduced S. Furniture manufacturing grew in Gettysburg in the early s. The Gettysburg Manufacturing Company was formed in to manufacture a variety of residential furniture. It had become the Gettysburg Furniture Company by Another local furniture company was the Warner Furniture company and its successor, the Engle Furniture Company, which commenced making residential furniture in Engle became the Reaser Furniture Company in , and continued to produce dozens of styles.

In the joint venture Stouck-Reaser Company formed to buy, sell and deal in wholesale lumber products. The company continued to appear in local newspapers through the s. Furniture production remained an important industry in the area through the s. In the Gettysburg Panel Company formed to manufacture veneer panels for the other firms. In , the Gettysburg Chair Company was chartered to supply chairs that the local factories needed to complete their bedroom and dining room suites.

In , the borough's production of furniture totaled almost 71, pieces. In there were employees in the three plants: in Gettysburg, in Reaser, and in Panel.

The industry declined in the mids, however. In , the Stouck-Reaser company obtained a permit for a new office building, and the other companies were sold.

The Gettysburg Furniture Company factory closed in , becoming a warehouse and distribution point for other furniture factories outside Pennsylvania. Gettysburg manufacturing associated with tourism included a late 19th-century foundry that created gun carriages and bridgeworks for the Gettysburg Battlefield, as well as a construction industry for hotels, stables, and other buildings for tourist services.

Early tourist buildings in the borough included museums like the Danner Museum , souvenir shops, buildings of the electric trolley preceded by a horse trolley from the Gettysburg Railroad Station to the Springs Hotel , and stands for hackmen who drove visitors in jitneys horse-drawn group taxis on tours. Modern tourist services in the borough include ghost tours, bed and breakfast lodging, and historical interpretation reenactors, etc.

Today, the main industry of the borough is tourism associated with such historic sites as Gettysburg National Military Park including the Gettysburg National Cemetery and Eisenhower National Historic Site. By , the town of Gettysburg had grown to 2, citizens. Ten roads lead into the town, creating a few small but thriving industries. Approximately buildings housed carriage manufacturing, shoemakers, and tanneries as well as the usual merchants, banks and taverns. There were also several educational institutions.

These roads and industries would lead two armies into the county in Lee, had achieved many victories, and was ready to invade the North, moving both armies from the war torn Northern Virginia.

By invading the north, and by chance securing a victory, it could cause disenchanted northerners to pressure the Lincoln Administration to seek a settlement toward peace, thus ending the war. This decision would lead the two armies to the small, rural town of South Central Pennsylvania — Gettysburg. Meade, were pursuing them. By July 1, both armies would converge on Gettysburg. Lee ordered several brigades to travel east to scout location and forage for supplies for the southern troops.

Northwest of Gettysburg, these brigades were met by their northern counterparts. A skirmish ensued and as the battle heated, word was sent back to both commanders that the enemy was found and reinforcements were needed.

Thus, a battle, not planned, would become by chance. As southern forces continued a relentless attack against the entrenched Union troops, the additional arriving Confederate forces launched an all-out-offensive driving the Union forces through the streets of Gettysburg to a defensive line south of town on Cemetery Ridge.

By the end of July 1, the 5-mile Confederate line traveled from Seminary Ridge on the west side of Gettysburg, through town and eastward toward the area called Culps Hill. As additional Northern reinforcement arrived on the field, they occupied a two-mile defensive position commonly referred to as a fishhook formation along Cemetery Ridge and Culps Hill.

July 2, battle was initiated by a series of uncoordinated and fragmented Confederate attacks on the Union defensive position south of the town. While simultaneous attacks were supposed to have occurred on Culps Hill and Cemetery Ridge, the attacks took place six hours apart and were unsuccessful. Explore This Park.

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