The National Park Service is still preparing the William Patterson House to be completely enclosed for the winter. Snow is on the roof. This view was taken facing north at approximately 8:00 AM on Sunday, December 6, 2009. Gettysburg National Mili[...]
York County Heritage Trust Sanctioned Civil War Guide Scott Mingus is standing on on North Front Street near the Wrightsville Lime Kilns. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 3:45 PM on Sunday, September 13, 2009. Scott L. Mingus,[...]
Work on the Sickles Witness Fence that separates the National Cemetery from Evergreen Cemetery has is approximately two-thirds complete. The Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse is the brick structure in the center background. The Evergreen Cemetery maint[...]
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Selig Salomon of the 82nd Illinois Infantry Regiment. In the Battle of Gettysburg, Salomon had two horses shot out from under him. He assumed command of the regiment following the wounding of the regiment’s Colonel[...]
Over 700 Christmas wreaths were placed on the headstones of mostly the post Civil War graves in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery last Friday. Here is the grave of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Captain William E. Miller, of the 3rd P[...]
On the left the camera is pointing to the northeast and on the right of the view the camera is pointing to the southwest. For the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (27.6 MB) here. This view was taken at[...]
Our December panorama from the Longstreet tower. On the left side we are looking north, and on the right side we are looking southeast. For the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (22.9 MB) here. This vie[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is still on his scavenger hunt for Gettysburg related individuals in Arlington National Cemetery. Here he is standing in Section 1, near the boundary with Fort Myer, at the grave of Captain Edwin S. [...]
The last stop on President Jimmy Carter’s July 6, 1978 tour of Getthysburg was the Virginia State Monument. From left are Park Tech Bob Prosperi, President Jimmy Carter, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and author Shelby Foote. This view was take[...]
York County Heritage Trust Sanctioned Civil War Guide Scott Mingus is standing on the west bank of the Susquehanna River near Wrightsville. He is pointing to the stone piers that remain from the covered bridge that was here at the time of the Civi[...]