the many graves have been run over, beautiful lots with iron fences and splendid monuments have been destroyed or soiled, and our infantry and artillery occupy those sacred grounds where the dead are sleeping. It is enough to make one mourn." Two Confederate soldiers mortally wounded during the battle were buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Post-battle The Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg took place on November 19, 1863. The speaker's platform used by orator Edward Everett, and then by President Abraham Lincoln to deliver his Gettysburg Address, was located just east of the National Cemetery, on the grounds of Evergreen Cemetery. From 1893 to 1916, the Gettysburg Electric Railway operated along the cemetery's east and south borders. Following the 1917 demolition of the trolley railway, Evergreen Cemetery expanded southward. In 1972, the "Evergreen Cemetery archway house" was designated an historic district contributing structure by the Gettysburg Borough Council (1 of 38 outside of the borough). Civilian remains at the site of the 1804 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church cemetery were reinterred at Evergreen Cemetery in 1992. Photo gallery See also :Category:Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania) References Further reading External links Evergreen Cemetery Tour is a seventeen-part, comprehensive, audio-visual introduction to this subject by Debra A. Novotny, who has served both as a Licensed Battlefield Guide and as a boardmember of the Evergreen Cemetery Association. American Civil War cemeteries Buildings and structures in Adams County, Pennsylvania Cemetery Hill Cemeteries in Pennsylvania Gettysburg Battlefield 1854 establishments in Pennsylvania Rural cemeteries