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One of the topics we want to cover here
before

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we actually get into the bang bang, shoot
em up of the Bliss Farm

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is the fact that terrain plays
a very important role in this fight.

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Now, one of the things that most people
don't notice when they come to Gettysburg

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is what I referred to in
my book as the broad flat knoll.

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Now, to give you an idea of
where we're standing, we're about

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maybe 50 yards
north of the Bryan Farm buildings.

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You can see the Bryan barn there.

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And out here behind me,
you can see the orchard of the Bliss Farm.

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You also might be able
to see a little bit to the right,

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you'll see the 8th Ohio Monument.

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Okay.

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There's a debate whether that's

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actually where the unit was,
but we'll leave that to future historians.

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However, do you also notice
a porta potty out there?

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Just this side of the porta potty
on this side of the Emmitsburg Road

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is where the Bryan tenant house stood,

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which will play a part
in the Bliss actions here.

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Now, another property,
this was owned by David Ziegler,

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in other words the guy
who owns Ziegler's Grove here.

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It's actually a rental property
he rented out to an Emanuel Trostle,

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which used to be located
over here in this direction.

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You can look across the way
and see the KFC

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well, on this side of the road,
just opposite the McDonald's,

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you can see through the trees.

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That's the approximate site of the

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what I call the Emanuel Trostle Farm

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in my book.