Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Rich Kohr is standing near the grave of Clermont Livingston Best, who was the Adjustant and Inspector General for the Twelfth Corps during the Gettysburg Campaign. Best was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel on July[...]
George Washington Sandoe (1842-1863) was the first United States soldier to be killed in Adams County, Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign. He was killed “on the spot” on June 26, 1863 after Jubal Early’s Confederate soldie[...]
The last time we showed you the Weikert Farm Lane we were distracted by the dirt covered horse trail leading to the Abraham Trostle Farm. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Sunday, November 7, 2010. The Weikert Farm La[...]
On the left the camera is pointing to the southeast and on the right of the view the camera is pointing to the northwest. For the larger JPEG version click here, or you can download the uncompressed TIFF file (50.8 MB) here. This view was taken at [...]
The marker to the 1st Division, 1st Corps, of the Army of the Potomac. The McPherson Barn is in the right background. This view was taken facing west at approximately 7:40 AM on Friday, November 12, 2010. Sometime during the night of Thursday, Novem[...]
One of the most famous cases of vandalism that has occurred while we’ve ran the Gettysburg Daily was the vandalism of the Eternal Light Peace Memorial on Oak Hill in 2009. Some of our most popular posts here at the Gettysburg Daily are about t[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide, and Vice President of the Center for Civil War Photography, Garry Adelman, is speaking to a group of South Carolinians. With Barry Martin and Tom Danninger, Garry created the CD, The Gettysburg Park Commission [...]
The Prussian-born Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig (1824-1865) commanded a brigade in the Third Division of the Eleventh Corps. He was placed in command of the Third Division when Major General Carl Schurz commanded the Eleventh Corps. He [...]
The Sixth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, on the left, charges the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment in the Unfinished Railroad Cut on the morning of July 1, 1863. This image, titled “The Railroad Cut” by artist Dale Gallon is courtesy of M[...]
The Weikert Lane has been clearly opened up between the George Weikert Farm and the John Weikert Farm. The John Weikert buildings are shown at the end of the lane. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 8:00 AM on Sunday, November 7,[...]