This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 3:40 PM on Sunday, September 25, 2011. The New York State Monument in the Soldiers National Cemetery was cleaned for the first time since 1998. To wrap-up another rainy week in Gettysburg, weR[...]
Segway riders and walkers share Warren Avenue in Gettysburg National Military Park. This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 3:10 PM on Sunday, September 25, 2011. Warren Avenue was closed after flooding in April of this year. Due to da[...]
Samuel Weaver supervised the exhumation of Union soldiers from the battlefield and surrounding communities so that they could be reburied in Gettysburg’s National Cemetery. Here he is in Hanover, Pennsylvania, supervising the removal of bodies[...]
Confederate Brigadier General Barnard Elliot Bee Jr. (1824-1861) was one of the first general officers killed in the American Civil War. He was a native of South Carolina who graduated thirty-third in West Point’s Class of 1845. He was wounded[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide John Fitzpatrick is the host for this series on the Irish Brigade. He is standing near the southwest section of Rose’s Wheatfield. He is dressed in the uniform of a member of the 69th New York Infantry Reg[...]
To our left we can see the monument to the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, the Copse/Clump of Trees, the monument to the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and the Round Tops. The Codori Farm is visible to the front left. The Pickett’s [...]
On the left the camera is pointing to the southeast and on the right of the view the camera is pointing to the northwest. For the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (50.3 MB) here. This view was taken at [...]
An unfinished section of the North Gettysburg Trail. This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 5:50 PM on Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Construction delays due to storms and moving utility poles has set the completion date for the North[...]
A two story version of the Brian/Bryan House is in the curve of Hancock Avenue. The cannon mark the position occupied by the 9th Massachusetts Battery. Ziegler’s Grove is being replanted. The Ziegler’s Grove Tower dominates the scene. Th[...]
Eliakim Sherrill (1813-1863) was the Colonel of the 126th New York Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg. He took over the command of Willard’s Brigade after Willard was killed on July 2nd. Sherrill was mortally wounded during Pickett’s Charge[...]