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Showing posts with label Gettysburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gettysburg. Show all posts
Monday, May 30, 2011
Gettysburg Barn
I shot this photo last September at Gettysburg. Memorial Day was first observed to honor the Civil War dead, and so it seemed an appropriate barn photo for today. If you visit Gettysburg you will see many barns on the battlefields of Gettysburg that were standing during the Civil War. The heaviest fighting took place around the buildings and in the fields and orchards of the area's farms. The lives of the people who lived there at the time were changed forever by the Civil War's bloodiest battle.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Gettysburg
After we headed south out of Hershey, we ended up in Gettysburg and have spent the last couple of days there. The Battle of Gettysburg took place July 1-3, 1863, and is considered by many to be the turning point in the Civil War. 
We toured the town and battlefields in a 1933 Ford bus.
The town of Gettysburg and the surrounding area was completely involved in the battle. There were upwards of 46,000 casualties and 8,000 men killed outright.
The photo of Marty below was taken at one of the battlefield stops on the tour.
One of the bloodiest battles took place at Little Round Top and Devil's Den.
The National Park Service is working to recreate scenes as they would have been at the time of the battle, including building fences as they would have been in the farming community in 1863.
Many if the buildings still stand. Below is a building that General Lee made his headquarters for part of the battle.
All around the area are many monuments and statutes raised in memory of the soldiers who fought at Gettysburg.
There are stories connected with each location. Family members fought on both the Union and Confederate side, and this barn is said to be where two brothers who fought on opposite sides were allowed to meet after one was captured.
The countryside around Gettysburg is beautiful, but all around linger reminders of the terrible events of those three days in July.
The guns are silent now, but their effect is not forgotten.
We toured the town and battlefields in a 1933 Ford bus.
The town of Gettysburg and the surrounding area was completely involved in the battle. There were upwards of 46,000 casualties and 8,000 men killed outright.
The photo of Marty below was taken at one of the battlefield stops on the tour.
One of the bloodiest battles took place at Little Round Top and Devil's Den.
The National Park Service is working to recreate scenes as they would have been at the time of the battle, including building fences as they would have been in the farming community in 1863.
Many if the buildings still stand. Below is a building that General Lee made his headquarters for part of the battle.
All around the area are many monuments and statutes raised in memory of the soldiers who fought at Gettysburg.
There are stories connected with each location. Family members fought on both the Union and Confederate side, and this barn is said to be where two brothers who fought on opposite sides were allowed to meet after one was captured.
The countryside around Gettysburg is beautiful, but all around linger reminders of the terrible events of those three days in July.
The guns are silent now, but their effect is not forgotten.
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