The North Gettysburg Trail and the Josiah Benner Farm, as the sun sets near Gettysburg National Military Park. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:20 PM on Sunday, November 6, 2011. On Wednesday, we took a look at the recently pa[...]
The front porch of the Josiah Benner House. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 11:15 AM on Monday, October 21, 2011. Before its recent acquisition by the National Park Service (with help from the Civil War Trust), the 9-acre Josia[...]
The North Gettysburg Trail, as seen from Howard Avenue. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:20 PM on Sunday, November 6, 2011. As we predicted, the North Gettysburg Trail is still incomplete. Although it missed its deadline once [...]
David McConaughy (1823-1902) attended Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College) from 1834-1838 and transferred to Washington College now (Washington and Jefferson College) where he graduated in 1840. He studied law in Gettysburg under Thaddeus S[...]
On Sunday morning, we took a walk along the Emmitsburg Road Ridge to take some pictures of the monuments and the trees in the area as the sun came up. Here is the Henry Spangler Farm, located below and west of the Emmitsburg Road. The trees behind t[...]
Confederate officer Benjamin Brockman is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. This view was taken circa the 1860s. Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, is the home of many notable Confederate internments with a connection to Gett[...]
The National Park Service has confirmed that the oak tree that fell on the cannon carriage near West Confederate Avenue was a “witness tree” to the Battle of Gettysburg. Their first e-mail to us informs us that it is the Pender Tree. We [...]
The marker to the 24th Michigan Infantry Regiment of the Iron Brigade is in the right foreground, and East Cemetery Hill and its light blue water tank are in the center background. This view was taken at approximately 4:05 PM on Sunday, October 30, [...]
The Josiah Benner House with the Old Harrisburg Road in the foreground. This view was taken facing west circa the late 1800s. Before its recent acquisition by the National Park Service (with help from the Civil War Preservation Trust), the 9-acre Jo[...]
On Sunday morning, we took a walk along the Emmitsburg Road Ridge to take some pictures of the monuments and the trees in the area as the sun came up. The monument is to the 1st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The marker on the right is to Perry[...]