Major General Daniel Sickles and his staff following the Battle of Gettysburg. From left to right: Major Henry Tremain, Lieutenant Colonel Orson Hart, Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles, Captain Thomas Fry, Captain Alexander Moore. One of the most i[...]
The northern section of Long Lane is this modern street, which is still called Long Lane. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 2:00 PM on Monday, June 8, 2009. When the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg volunteers built [...]
On the morning of July 3, 1863, United States troops attempted to take lower Culp’s Hill/Spangler’s Hill back from the Confederates who had captured it the previous evening. Their attack across Spangler’s Meadow was futile. Gettysb[...]
This white fence borders the lane that used to lead from the Bryan Farm to the Emmitsburg Road. National Park Service Volunteers finished constructing and painting it Saturday. This view was taken facing east at approximately 5:30 PM on Saturday, [...]
One of the hottest topics of conversation at Gettysburg National Military Park are the recent rains, the growth of vegetation, and the proliferation of ticks. This photgraph was taken in the Pickett’s Charge fields near the Virginia State mo[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Ed Guy shows us Gutzum Borglum’s North Carolina State Monument on Seminary Ridge. This view was taken facing west at approximately 9:30 AM on Monday, May 25, 2009. We continue our series on artwork on some of th[...]
An original broadside requesting bids for the removal of the bodies of United States’ soldiers to the National Cemetery at Gettysburg. The winning bid was $1.59 per body. This view was taken facing east at approximately 4:30 PM on Wednesday,[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Ed Suplee, is standing near the marker to the field hospital for the 32nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in the area of the “Stony Hill.” The rock was used to shelter the wounded and the field hospi[...]
We know that it takes professional expertise to clean the graffiti from this monument, but should it take so long? The National Park Service Technical Preservation Services Branch doesn’t think so. They state: “Building managers and own[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Jim Hessler, is standing near the home of the Lydia Leister, which was Major-General George Gordon Meade’s primary headquarters during the Battle of Gettysburg. This view was taken facing southeast at appr[...]