We have combined a modern photograph of the area where we think the Alexander Gardner photograph was taken and “blended” them together. When we do, we think that the terrain matches up very well. The trees in the right background are ne[...]
Photographer Alexander Gardner titled this stereo view “Unfit for Service – on the battlefield of Gettysburg. July 1863.” This view shows a dead mule by a limber. Although it is a well-known picture from Gettysburg, we are not awar[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Dr. Richard Goedkoop is the host for the Iron Brigade series. He is standing on Stevens’ Knoll by the marker for the 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment. This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 6[...]
Culp’s Hill as seen from East Cemetery Hill. The purpose of the National Park Service’s project to cut down trees is to restore the landscape closer to what the soldiers saw in 1863. Notice how above the white tent, in the right backgro[...]
The Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse, erected in 1855, was one of the most prominent landmarks on East Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg. By the time of the battle, approximately 390 people had been buried in Evergreen Cemetery. In 1856 400 [...]
This view was taken at approximately 10:55 AM on Friday, December 24, 2010. On the left we are looking to the southwest. On the right we are looking toward the northeast. For a medium-sized version of the panorama click here. For the larger JPEG ve[...]
On the left the camera is pointed northeast. On the right, the camera is pointed southwest. On the other (southwest) side of the cannon is the red Alexander Spangler barn. This view was taken at approximately 11:05 AM on Friday, December 24, 2010. F[...]
This 1936 view was taken facing southwest looking towards the Slaughter Pen and Devil’s Den, prior to brush clearing by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Courtesy of the Center for Civil War Photography, which has more than 1,000 historic Getty[...]
Granite Schoolhouse Lane, pictured here in 1934. Courtesy of the the Center for Civil War Photography, which has more than 1,000 historic Gettysburg Park images like these on their Flickr. Constructed circa 1800, the Granite Schoolhouse Lane has rem[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Stuart Dempsey is the host for our Eleventh Corps series. He is standing on East Cemetery Hill. On the left is the equestrian statue to Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. In the center background is the red, [...]