On Pennsylvania's rolling hills they met
Blue and Gray in fateful contest set
Pickett's Charge a desperate valiant thrust
Lives and dreams reduced to blood and dust
Little Round Top where valor knew no bounds
Chamberlain's stand on hallowed rocky grounds
The Wheatfield and Peach Orchard ran red
As thousands of brave sons lay still and dead
Three days of fury courage and despair
The fate of nations hanging in the air
When silence fell on Gettysburg at last
Both North and South mourned their glorious past