An artillery shell fired during the Battle of Gettysburg supposedly split this tree in two. The tree is located on the east slope of Culp’s Hill. In order to save the tree, someone placed cement in the split in an attempt to hold it togeth[...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. This view was taken at approximately 7:40 AM on Saturday, November 29, 2008. The purpose of our weekly panorama from Little Round Top is to give those unable to be here an [...]
Confederate Major General Henry Heth was wounded by the tree to which this stump belongs on the afternoon of July 1, 1863. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 12:00 PM on Friday, November 28, 2008. Confederate Major-General Henry[...]
We originally found this marker while searching through the “junk pile” now exposed by the Patterson Farm tree cutting, south of the National Park Service maintenance area. This view was taken facing north at approximately 8:30 AM on S[...]
Video #1 has Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr on the southeast side of the Edward McPherson Barn introducing himself, and explaining how he became interested in the units that formed Roy Stones’ Brigade of Bucktails. If you would like to c[...]
For a medium-sized version of the panorama click here. For the larger JPEG version, click here. If you’d like to see the uncompressed TIFF file, you can download it here (23.6 MB). This view was taken from left to right, or north to southeas[...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. This view was taken at approximately 7:30 AM on Sunday, November 23, 2008. The purpose of our weekly panorama from Little Round Top is to give those unable to be here an id[...]
Dr. Charles C. Fennell received his Ph.D. in history from the University of West Virginia in 1992. His dissertation was titled, “The Battle of Culp’s Hill.” Dr. Fennell believes that Culp’s Hill was the most important action [...]
A unit from the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment participated in the Gettysburg Remembrance Day Parade today. The 54th is the best known African-American regiment during the Civil War, and its exploits were featured in the movie Glory. This vi[...]
Licensed Battlefield Guide George Newton showed us some Gettysburg National Military Park artillery pieces last Sunday. He started with this Napoleon on Seminary Ridge near the North Carolina Monument, which was manufactured by Quimby and Robinson[...]