NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM

While Gettysburg is the most known of the Civil War battles, Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, also played an important role leading up to the turning point at Gettysburg.  For secrecy and protection, the South had advanced west of Gettysburg along the South Mountain range with their objective being Harrisburg, and then Philadelphia.  The Battle of Gettysburg changed all those plans and Lee redirected his advancing army which had reached Carlisle and the west bank of the Susquehanna.  This action meant that this portion of the Confederate troops actually attacked at Gettysburg from the north!

Museum Floor Plans

 

Exhibit Galleries are on both floors of the Museum. Your self-guided tour begins on the Second Floor. Ascend the Grand staircase and turn left or take the elevator behind the staircase and exit the elevator to the right.

 

Second Floor
1	A House Divided (Start Here)	6	Campaigns of 1862
2	The Peculiar Institution	7	Battle Map
3	First Shots	8	Camp Curtin
4	Making of Armies	9	Why Men Fought
5	Weapons & Equipment	10	Civil War Music
First Floor
11	Battle of Gettysburg	15	Campaigns of 1864-65
12	The Costs of War	16	Battle Map
13	Women in War	17	Lincoln: War & Remembrance
14	The Navy	18	Elevator