Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881) was born in Wantage Township, New Jersey. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1856 and graduated 17th out of 45 members of the Class of 1861. Kilpatrick has been described as “short[...]
National Park Service employee Bob Jones poses next to this section of trunk from the fallen oak tree on Culp’s Hill. This view was taken at approximately 6:00 PM on Thursday, August 4, 2011 and is courtesy of the National Park Service. Last T[...]
This photograph shows the Plum Run Valley/Valley of Death area in the late 1800s. The “Smirking Rock/Smart Ass Rock/Smiley Rock” is in the right lower section of this view. The new monument to the 40th New York Infantry Regiment is the l[...]
We continue our visit to Manassas National Battlefield to capture scenes in the final hours of daylight on July 21st, the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas. The location is Henry Hill. We are walking towards the Henry House, which is[...]
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 (45.9 MB) here. This view was taken at a[...]
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 (54.9 MB) here. This view was taken at [...]
The Alabama State Monument, located on Warfield Ridge in Gettysburg National Military Park along South Confederate Avenue. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:45 PM on Thursday, August 4, 2011. The largest section of the stone base of[...]
This work plan shows the area of Powers Hill in Gettysburg National Military Park and the plans for tree removal in this area. The green lines are the accessways onto the hill for clearing equipment. This document was created in December of 2010 and[...]
Colonel Hiram Berdan, in civilian clothes takes a shot at a target nicknamed “Jeff Davis” at the camp of the Berdan Sharpshooters in Weehawken, New Jersey. Notice how he is using a telescopic scope at this target that was 200 yards away.[...]
This photograph shows the Devil’s Den area as it looked at the time of the battle. The rocks that Garry Adelman has named “three rocks by the road” are the three closest to the camera position. Little Round Top is in the left backg[...]