Buford Avenue

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Buford Avenue is named for Union Brigadier General John Buford, who began the battle at Gettysburg by blocking the advance of Confederate General Henry Heth’s Division with his cavalry. (General Buford’s statue is not on Buford Avenue; it is south along Chambersburg Road.) The avenue is just a small part of the line held by Buford’s troopers on the morning of July 1st.

Buford Avenue is part of the National Park Auto Tour. It begins in the south at the intersection of Reynolds and Wadsworth Avenues and heads north (one-way) toward Mummasburg Road.

After crossing Mummasburg Road, Buford Avenue and the Auto Tour continues as North Confederate Avenue  to the summit of Oak Hill and the Eternal Light Peace Memorial.

Tour map of Buford Avenue on the Gettysburg battlefield

Union headquarters
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps

Union regimental monuments
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry 
6th New York Cavalry 
9th New York Cavalry 
3rd West Virginia Cavalry You are here map for Tour map of Buford Avenue on the Gettysburg battlefield for Buford Avenue on the Gettysburg battlefield