Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Stuart Dempsey is the host for our series on the Eleventh Corps at Gettysburg. He is standing in Sherfy’s Peach Orchard (THE Peach Orchard) on the Emmitsburg Road. The Wentz buildings would have been on [...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide George Newton is standing by headquarters marker of Major-General Oliver O. Howard on East Cemetery Hill. This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 3:15 PM on Sunday, July 5, 2009. In today’s[...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. This view was taken at approximately 7:00 AM on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. For a medium-sized version of the panorama click here. For the larger JPEG version, click here. If [...]
The construction fences around the site of the old Electric Map Visitor Center have now been removed. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:00 PM on Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The construction fences around the site of Gettysburg’[...]
The logs are around the walls of the second story at the William Patterson House. The Pennsylvania State Monument is in the left background. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 8:00 AM on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The logs have bee[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Tim Smith is the co-author of the book Devil’s Den, A History and Guide from Thomas Publications. He begins our look at Gettysburg Rock Carvings in the Devil’s Den area. This view was taken facing [...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Elwood “Woody” Christ is the author of the book, Over a Wide, Hot,…Crimson Plain: The Struggle for the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg, July 2nd and 3rd, 1863. He is the host for our series on the fig[...]
Captain Charles Corbit commanded Company C of the 1st Delaware Cavalry Regiment. He was wounded while leading a mounted charge on the south side of Westminster on June 29, 1863. Some witnesses said his men displayed “an almost suicidal brave[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide John Krepps is the author of the book, A Strong and Sudden Onslaught, The Cavalry Action at Hanover, Pennsylvania. He is standing on Line Road, which is the state line between Maryland on the right (south) and[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Denny Forwood continues our series on Gettysburg Dental stories. In today’s post, his first story is of Secretary of State William Seward who stayed in the Robert Harper home the night of November 1863. [...]