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 fighting for the Bliss Farm. Woody is standing in the area of the Bliss Farm. The bank of the Bliss Barn is the area covered by green foliage to the left of Woody. The marker to the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment is the small gray marker on the left of this picture. It marks the site of the Bliss House. This view was taken facing south at approximately 4:00 PM on Monday, July 20, 2009.
In our final Bliss Farm post, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Woody Christ describes the final action at the Bliss Farm the morning of July 3, 1863.
This map was provided to us by Woody Christ for the Bliss Farm posts.
This map shows the location of where our Bliss Farm videos were produced. Videos #1-#30 were shown in our previous Bliss Farm posts. Video #31 was taken near the Bliss House site. Video #32 was taken near the marker to the 14th Connecticut near the Bliss Barn site. Video #33 was taken from the top of the bank of the Bliss Barn. This map was created facing north at approximately 8:00 PM on Tuesday, August 18, 2009.
In Video #31 (Videos #1-#30 were shown in our previous Bliss Farm posts) Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Woody Christ is standing near the Bliss House. He describes how the 14th Connecticut sets fire to the barn and the house and retreated back to Cemetery Ridge. This view was taken facing south to east at approximately 4:00 PM on Monday, July 20, 2009.
Licensed Battlefield Guide Woody Christ is standing by the marker to the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment near the bank of the Bliss Barn. This view was taken facing west at approximately 4:00 PM on Monday, July 20, 2009.
In Video #32 Licensed Battlefield Guide Woody Christ is standing near the monument to the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment by the Bliss Barn. He tells us how the smoldering ruins of the Bliss Farm buildings were not mentioned much by the participants in Pickett’s Charge later that afternoon. He also shares with us some statistics from the fighting around the Bliss Farm. This view was taken facing west to north to northwest at approximately 4:00 PM on Monday, July 20, 2009.
Woody Christ is still standing near the marker to the 14th Connecticut. The photographer is standing on the bank of the Bliss Barn. This view was taken facing east at approximately 4:00 PM on Monday, July 20, 2009.
In Video #33 Woody Christ is standing near the monument to the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment by the Bliss Barn. He explains the significance of the fight for the Bliss Farm to the Battle of Gettysburg. This view was taken facing east at approximately 4:00 PM on Monday, July 20, 2009.