The Wagon Hotel was located at the junction of Baltimore Street/Baltimore Pike on the left and Steinwehr Avenue/Emmitsburg Road on the right.This view was taken facing southwest circa 1884. Fred Hawthorneâs interest in the American Civil War stemmed[...]
The north side of the Jennie Wade House (McClellan/McClain House), located on the north slope of Cemetery Hill, along the Baltimore Pike/Baltimore Street. The minie ball that killed Jennie Wade went through the door. Captain Emil Koenig of the 58th [...]
On the left the camera is pointed northeast. On the right, the camera is pointed southwest. On the other (southwest) side of the cannon is the red Alexander Spangler barn. This view was taken at approximately 4:00 PM on Saturday, January 28, 2012. F[...]
Our January 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 (23.8 MB) here. This view[...]
The Chamberlain House, home of the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, in Brunswick, Maine. This view was taken at approximately 12:00 PM on Thursday, June 30, 2011. Yesterday, LBG Christina Moon took us on a tour of Chamberlain Freedom Park in Brewer, Ma[...]
“‘Little’ Little Round Top,” in Brewer, Maine. The statue of Joshua Chamberlain (center) and this reproduction of the 20th Maine Infantry monument sit on top of the hill. This view was taken at approximately 6:30 AM on Wednes[...]
Some of the survivors of Wiedrich’s New York Battery met on East Cemetery to dedicate their monument in 1889. $300 had been allotted for the “indigent” members of the battery to make the ceremonies, and that still wasn’t enou[...]
Colonel (later Brigadier General) Samuel Spriggs Carroll (1832-1893) commanded the Second Corps’ Gibraltar Brigade at Gettysburg. His men played a key role in driving Confederates from East Cemetery Hill the evening of July 2, 1863. This image[...]
Mary Virginia Wade (1843-1863), known as Jennie Wade, Ginnie Wade, Ginny Wade, or Jenny Wade was the only civilian killed during the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg. There are three houses associated with her in the borough. This image is par[...]
Today’s panorama was taken from the northwest corner of the Pennsylvania Monument. The Round Tops are on the left and Cemetery Hill is on the right. (for the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (43.[...]