The William Patterson Field Earthworks, as shown in the Gettysburg National Military Park Report of 1905. This view was taken facing northeast in the 1890s or early 1900s. The recent tree cutting between Hancock Avenue and the Taneytown Road has u[...]
Abraham Lincoln passed beneath this tree on November 19, 1863 as he rode to Cemetery Hill to give his Gettysburg Address. Lincoln and the rest of the procession would have been traveling from left to right, or north to south. This view was taken [...]
At 6:00 PM, on November 18, 1863, it was already becoming dark when President Abraham Lincoln’s train arrived from Hanover. It switched to the passenger platform siding to arrive at the east side of the Gettysburg Railroad Station. This vie[...]
Licensed Battlefield Guide Phil Lechak begins today’s tour from behind the Giant Store at its southeast corner. This was the area of the Operating Tents. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 2:30 PM on Sunday, November 9, 2008[...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. The purpose of our weekly panorama from Little Round Top is to give those unable to be here an idea of the change of seasons from one of the most popular locations on the Ge[...]
Licensed Battlefield Guide Phil Lechak begins our tour at the northeast section of the Giant Parking lot, near the wayside exhibits about Camp Letterman. Phil is a native of Connecticut, and although he did not have any relatives who participated in[...]
The National Park Service (if this incident happened before the recent road work) or the contractor for the recent road work at Gettysburg have received a nomination for our newly created award for dumb moves at Gettysburg, the “Sickles.R[...]
While the Lincoln Memorial was being completed on the west end of Washington, D.C.’s mall area in 1922, another Civil War statue was under construction on the east end of the mall. Located at the foot of Capitol Hill, this monument to Ulyss[...]
The Washington Monument, today standing 555 feet, 5.5 inches as seen from the World War II Memorial. This view was taken facing east at approximately 7:30 AM on Wednesday, November 12, 2008. The Washington Monument was constructed in two phases: [...]
The Henry Winebrenner House located on Frederick Street southwest of the town square in Hanover, Pennsylvania, was located on part of the June 30, 1863 battlefield. This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 4:00 PM on Tuesday, November[...]