Smith’s Brigade Marker is located at the foot of the east side of lower Culp’s Hill, or Spangler’s Hill. The marker is along East Confederate Avenue on the north side of Spangler’s Meadow. Smith’s Brigade consisted [...]
George Sears Greene was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island on May 6, 1801. His second cousin was Nathaniel Greene, a United States hero during the American Revolution. Greene graduated second in the West Point Class of 1823. He did not chose the en[...]
Okay, so this first image doesn’t have anything to do with Confederate buttons or buckles, but we wanted to give you a better picture from yesterday’s photograph of the placard in the bottom right hand corner of the exhibit case. This [...]
The introductory sign to the museum. It states that there are over one million artifacts in the Gettysburg National Military Park collection. The National Park Service breaks down these to show that 102,947 artifacts make up the history collect[...]
As visitors enter the cemetery from the Taneytown Road entrance, this is one of the first monuments that they see. They probably know that Lincoln gave his speech to dedicate the cemetery, they see the monument, and believe this is the spot. The[...]
The Gettysburg Daily stopped by the often overlooked Coster Avenue Mural in Gettysburg to take a few pictures.
The Georgia monument at Gettysburg was dedicated on September 21, 1961. It is located on the west side of West Confederate Avenue. It is made of Georgia blue granite, and the state seal of Georgia is on the front (east) and back (west) sides of [...]
The Third United States Infantry Regiment charged from Little Round Top (background) on the afternoon of July 2, 1863 towards the position where there monument is located. In the afternoon when they had to retreat back to Little Round Top, Gibb&#[...]
Rock Creek from north of the the bridge on the Harrisburg Road. Barlow’s Knoll would be behind the trees to the front right. This view was taken from the northeast facing southwest at approximately 4:20 PM on Monday, May 12, 2008. On a rai[...]
The Reynolds’ Avenue Bridge or Railroad Cut Bridge. The center span has its concrete laid, and the wings have many of their quarried rocks for the facade in place. The monument to the 95th New York is on the left (south) side of the cut. T[...]