Licensed Battlefield Guide Stuart Dempsey is our host for a series on the 16th Michigan Infantry regiment at Gettysburg. To contact Stuart Dempsey, click here to reveal his email address. In addition to tours at Gettysburg National Military Park, St[...]
Licensed Battlefield Guide Eric Lindblade was born and raised in North Carolina. He began his study of the Civil War after a trip to Gettysburg when he was six years old. He attended East Carolina University and is the author of “Fight As Long[...]
The streams and creeks were swollen across Adams County from steady rainfall on Friday, but Rock Creek did not rise beyond its banks near this bridge across the Old Harrisburg Road.Photograph taken from the North Gettysburg Trail. This view was take[...]
The 44th New York Infantry monument on Little Round Top has a connection to Spangler’s Spring.This view was taken from the southwest facing northeast at approximately 7:30 AM on Monday, July 7, 2008. Licensed Battlefield Guide Garry Adelman o[...]
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial, or Peace Light, on Oak Hill is undergoing restoration.This view was taken facing west at approximately 1:00 PM on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The memorial was dedicated on July 3, 1938 as part of the ceremonies for [...]
A water line being constructed to Spangler’s Spring in 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps.This view is courtesy of the Center for Civil War Photography, which has more than 1,000 historic Gettysburg Park images like these on their Flickr.[...]
This view from the East Cemetery Hill observatory shows a wellhouse next to a reservoir. The original well was an artesian well, dug by the Gettysburg Water Company in 1882. We stopped by Sunday morning to show you what remains of the wells that use[...]
Spangler’s Spring at Culp’s Hill. The caption to this William Tipton photograph: “Man seated at stone housing of Spangler’s Spring, holding tin cup, horse spring also visible.” The “horse spring” is the R[...]
The arrival of Spring and warmer weather brought high visitation to Little Round Top on Saturday afternoon.This view was taken facing west at approximately 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Living historians, school groups, families, and License[...]
The picnic area on South Confederate Avenue (Warfield Ridge) has some new hardware.This view was taken facing south at approximately 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 25, 2017. The waste cans have been upgraded into outdoor recycling units.This view was t[...]