The Bushman Farm. The white barn on the right is below Big Round Top. The stone and brick house on the left is below Little Round Top. This view was taken from the west facing east at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The Bushman Farm, located between Warfield Ridge (Seminary) Ridge and the Devils Den/Round Tops area is the subject of today’s pictures. Hood’s Texas Brigade, and later Benning’s Georgia Brigade passed through the Bushman Farm as they moved to the Round Tops and Devils Den. Farnsworth’s Cavalry Brigade might have attacked in this area around the Bushman and Slyder Farms on July 3rd. Recent research places that action farther to the south. The Star and Banner visited the farm on a Friday afternoon.
The front of the Bushman House. View from the west facing east at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The west and south sides of the Bushman house. View from the southwest facing northeast at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The backyard of the Bushman House. View is from the southeast facing northwest at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The south and east sides of the Bushman House. View from the southeast facing northwest at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The east and north sides of the Bushman House. View from the northeast facing southwest at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The north and west sides of the Bushman House. View from the northwest facing southeast at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The west side of the Bushman Barn. View from the west facing east at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The east and north sides of the Bushman Barn. View from the northeast facing southwest at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The south and east sides of the Bushman Barn. View from the southeast facing northwest at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The Bushman Farm view of Warfield Ridge (Seminary Ridge) where Hood’s Texans began their advance toward Devil’s Den and Little Round Top. View from the east facing west at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The Warfield Ridge view of the Bushman Farm. It is possible that Major-General John Bell Hood was wounded in the orchard between the ridge and the farm not long after his attack was underway. View from the west facing east at approximately 2:15 PM on Friday, April 18, 2008.