Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is the author for our 140 Places Every Guide Should Know series. He is on Cemetery Ridge at “Brown’s Gate.” The monument to the 59th New York Infantry Regiment is on the left. Th[...]
On the left the camera is pointing to the northeast and on the right of the view the camera is pointing to the southeast. For the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (44.2 MB) here. This view was taken at [...]
This view was taken facing north at approximately 8:05 AM on Friday, October 15, 2010. Thanks to all our readers who submitted their fall photos. We’ve selected a few to display for today’s post. This photo was taken by reader Paul A. f[...]
Video #9 (Videos 1-8 were shown in a previous post) of William A. Frassanito’s talk at the Center for Civil War Photography’s Image of War seminar on Friday, October 1, 2010. Today we continue our presentation of William “Bill̶[...]
Major General John Fulton Reynolds (1820-1863) commanded the “left wing” of the Army of the Potomac during the latter stages of the Gettysburg Campaign. His units consisted of his First Corps, the Third Corps, and the Eleventh Corps. Thi[...]
John Alexander Kress was a native of Pennsylvania (1839-1933). He was living in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) when he was appointed to the United States Military Academy in 1858. He resigned from West Point in October, 1861, a couple of months before [...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide, and Vice President of the Center for Civil War Photography, Garry Adelman, is at Antietam National Battlefield speaking to a group of teachers. He is standing on the path leading to the Maryland State Monument.[...]
Here is how the Spangler’s Meadow looked in the 1880s. McAllister’s Field and Powers’ Hill are clearly visible in the center background. The monuments to the 27th Indiana (dedicated 1885) and the 2nd Massachusetts (dedicated 1879)[...]
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 (47.2 MB) here. This view was taken at [...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. This view was taken at approximately 8:00 AM on Friday, October 15, 2010. For a medium-sized version of the panorama click here. For the larger JPEG version, click here. [...]