Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Gar Phillips is the host for our series on the 2nd United States Sharpshooters. He is standing by the marker for Ward’s Brigade on Houck’s Ridge. This image was taken facing east at approximately 5:0[...]
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 (47.1 MB) here. This view was taken at [...]
The fences pictured here were erected earlier this month along the north and south side of the railroad cut in Gettysburg National Military Park. This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 2:45 PM on Friday, June 17, 2011. Responding to c[...]
The Smith Memorial Arch is located off of South Concourse Street/Lansdowne Drive in Philadelphia, providing a gateway to West Fairmount Park, part of the municipal parks system of the city of Philadelphia. This view was taken facing northwest at app[...]
Summer construction continues in Gettysburg — recent changes include concrete islands at the intersection of Baltimore Street and Steinwehr Avenue. This view was taken facing north at approximately 7:30 PM on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Visitors[...]
John Whitney Barlow (1838-1914) graduated 14th out of the 45 members of West Point’s class of May 6, 1861. At Gettysburg, he was a member of the United States Battalion of Engineers. See our previous post about Barlow who is buried in Arlingto[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Phil Lechak is the host for our Gettysburg Hospitals series. He is standing in front of the George Spangler Farm’s summer kitchen. His is pointing out that the stone part of the structure is original. The [...]
As we previously covered here and here, on Saturday, June 4, 2011, hundreds of volunteers for the Friends of Gettysburg, under the direction of historians from the National Park Service, constructed fences in Gettysburg National Military Park. These[...]
This image is titled “Old Cast-Iron Gun Carriage, Formerly Used to Mark the Field.” The location is at the position of the 2nd Connecticut Artillery Battery on Cemetery Ridge. The 1895 commission report states: “The volunteer batt[...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top. This view was taken at approximately 6:30 AM on Saturday, June 11, 2011. For a medium-sized version of the panorama click here. For the larger JPEG version, click here. If[...]