Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Ed Guy has now moved from the Pennsylvania Monument to the monument to the First Minnesota Infantry Regiment. It was dedicated on July 2, 1897. This view was taken facing north at approximately 10:00 AM on Mon[...]
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 fig[...]
In first place, with 25.5% of the total # of votes cast, the winner of the first annual The Sickles Award: Comfort Suites Hotel on South Cemetery Hill. Thank you to everyone who voted in our first annual The Sickles award. With 25.5% of the total [...]
Tuesday evening, over 3500 United States flags were placed in the Gettysburg National Cemetery to honor those Civil War soldiers buried there. The Soldiers National Monument is in the background. The flags in the foreground are in the New York sec[...]
J.E.B. Stuart probably arrived at Union Mills, Maryland, from Westminster, Maryland early in the morning of June 30, 1863. He stayed at the home of Confederate sympathizer William Shriver. This drawing was produced facing south. The Battle for Han[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Hope Coates is a native of Westminster, Maryland. She is standing on College Hill (known as “the Commons” in 1863). The town of Westminster is behind her. In the background, we are looking down Mai[...]
The walls are rising at the William Patterson House. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 10:50 AM on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Work is progressing on the second floor of the William Patterson House on the Taneytown Road. We took a[...]
Our latest panoramic update of the change of seasons from Little Round Top, on a clear June day. This view was taken at approximately 6:45 AM on Monday, June 22, 2009. For a medium-sized version of the clear panorama click here. For the larger JPE[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Ed Suplee, is standing in the southern section of Rose’s Wheatfield (THE Wheatfield). The 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument is behind Ed’s right shoulder. The 4th Michigan Monument is in the righ[...]
“Candlelight at Christ Church,” one of Gettysburg’s best kept secrets, is a very informative and entertaining contribution to our community. This free, historical (not religious) program is offered on Saturday evenings. Visitors [...]