Editing Battle of Gettysburg (section)

==Battlefield preservation==
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[[Gettysburg National Cemetery]] and [[Gettysburg Battlefield|Gettysburg National Military Park]] are maintained by the [[U.S. National Park Service]] as two of the nation's most revered historical landmarks. Although Gettysburg is one of the best known of all Civil War battlefields, it too faces threats to its preservation and interpretation. Many historically significant locations on the battlefield lie outside the boundaries of Gettysburg National Military Park and are vulnerable to residential or commercial development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/10-facts-gettysburg|title=10 Facts: Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 |publisher=American Battlefield Trust |date=February 18, 2023|access-date=February 18, 2023}}</ref>

Some preservation successes have emerged in recent years. Two proposals to open a casino at Gettysburg were defeated in 2006 and most recently in 2011, when public pressure forced the [[Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board]] to reject the proposed gambling hub at the intersection of Routes 15 and 30, near [[Battle of Gettysburg, Third Day cavalry battles|East Cavalry Field]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psu.edu/dept/richardscenter/2011/04/gettysburg-casino-plan-defeated.html |title=Gettysburg casino plan defeated |publisher=Penn State Civil War History Center |date=April 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420231706/http://www.psu.edu/dept/richardscenter/2011/04/gettysburg-casino-plan-defeated.html |archive-date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> The [[American Battlefield Trust]], formerly the Civil War Trust, also successfully purchased and transferred {{cvt|95|acre}} at the former site of the Gettysburg Country Club to the control of the [[U.S. Department of the Interior]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/local/article_099b6640-5762-11e0-93c3-001cc4c002e0.html |title=Country club site acquisition ends 25-year Park Service effort |first=Scot Andrew |last=Pitzer |work=Gettysburg Times |date=March 26, 2011 |access-date=June 22, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816115323/http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/local/article_099b6640-5762-11e0-93c3-001cc4c002e0.html |archive-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

Less than half of the over 11,500 acres on the old Gettysburg Battlefield have been preserved for posterity thus far. The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved {{cvt|1,242|acres|km2}} of the battlefield in more than 40 separate transactions from 1997 to mid-2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.battlefields.org/visit/battlefields/gettysburg-battlefield|title=Gettysburg Battlefield|website=[[American Battlefield Trust]]|access-date=June 20, 2023}}</ref> Some of these acres are now among the {{cvt|4,998|acre}} of the Gettysburg National Military Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.battlefields.org/gettysburg |title=Gettysburg |publisher=American Battlefield Trust |access-date=May 24, 2018 |archive-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824054253/https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/gettysburg |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, the Trust made one of its most important and expensive acquisitions, paying $6&nbsp;million for a {{cvt|4|acre|adj=on|spell=in}} parcel that included the stone house that Confederate General Robert E. Lee used as his headquarters during the battle. The Trust razed a motel, restaurant and other buildings within the parcel to restore Lee's headquarters and the site to their wartime appearance, adding interpretive signs. It opened the site to the public in October 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/house-divided/wp/2016/09/15/lees-gettysburg-headquarters-restored-set-to-open-oct-28/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Lee's Gettysburg headquarters restored, set to open Oct. 28 |last=Wheeler |first=Linda |date=September 15, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708075346/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/house-divided/wp/2016/09/15/lees-gettysburg-headquarters-restored-set-to-open-oct-28/ |archive-date=July 8, 2018}}</ref>