Little Round Top
Me and my bud took a day trip on the bikes yesterday and wound up in Gettysburg. First time I have been there and it ended up being bike week....
Anyways, we stopped at the harley shop and got a few tees and then we took the guided tour of the battlefield. Wasn't a bad tour. The tour guide kept trying to be funny and gave some pretty useless trivia, but all in all, it was ok.
Here we are on the rocks on top of Little Round Top. I'm the one on the right.
Anyways, we stopped at the harley shop and got a few tees and then we took the guided tour of the battlefield. Wasn't a bad tour. The tour guide kept trying to be funny and gave some pretty useless trivia, but all in all, it was ok.
Here we are on the rocks on top of Little Round Top. I'm the one on the right.
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If I remember correctly Little Round Top was where several high ranking Union officers were taken out at a significant distance by Confederate sharpshooters that were set up in Devil's Den. It was the prelude to a significant battle. 0 -
Spent many an hour prowling that battlefield. I am distressed to hear that the "tour guide" was trying to insert humor into the experience. It is an awe inspiring experience and there is ZERO room for levity. Those days in July, cost this nation many a brave man.
If you ever get back, I would suggest you buy the CD/Cassette self-guide and go alone. That way, you get a synopsis of each significant fight and area, then can stop there and walk the field at your leisure and in peace. You will need a full day to give it any justice at all.
My great, great, great (??) uncles fought there, mainly on day one, with the 121st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Uncle Henry was shot in the shoulder and captured. He was held for 2 months and then furloughed. He fought with the 121st for the remainder of the war and mustered out. Uncle James made it through until the Battle of Spotsylvania, specifically "Laurel Hill" where he was killed.
Pride in history and family.[^]0 -
I've been to that battlefield eleven or twelve times now, and I always find something new, different, and interesting.
It's a very enjoyable way to spend a few hours, or a day or two.[:)]0 -
I've been there three times, twice in the last two years - my work takes me to Emmitsburg (just down the road) periodically. Fascinating place to visit and take in all the history. 0 -
I wouldnt mind staying there for a night. i guess it gets pretty interesting. 0 -
My great great etc Grandfather died at Andersonville.
No connection to Gettysburgh though.0 -
heres a picture taken from the New York castle monument (sorry i dont know the correct name)
and heres the flag in the parking lot next to the cemetary
couple weeks ago was my first time there too, way too much to take in in one day! i was amazed at the size, i always thought it was much smaller.0 -
good pics rustybones. thanks 0 -
GETTSBURG is a wonderful place to go back in time 0 -
When you see the ground of Pickett's Charge, it makes you wonder, "What the hell was Lee thinking"?[V] God, they were brave men! 0 -
Visiting Gettysburg was one of the highlites of my Trucking career. And since 53" trailers (which I pulled most of the time) aren't even allowed in the city limits, it wasn't easy. But after driving by many times, I finally got lucky w/a load to a Gettysburg business on the outskirts of town. I busted ass and got the load off a day early which afforded me 1/2 a day the battlefield. NOT NEARLY ENOUGH, but better than nothing. I got quite a few strange looks as I bob-tailed (semi tractor w/o trailer) around the battlefield.
To me the place is nothing less than hallowed ground that made the hair on my neck stand up as I imagined what so many brave men had done in the various places I visited. I have studied the Civil War pretty extensively and was already familiar w/the various battlefield area's and what had happened there.
I think the one thing that I saw that touched me the most was the broken Confederate rifle in the museum. Recovered at "The Angle" after Picketts Charge, it has the name of the 17 year old Virginian who carried it carved into the stock. Confederate Survivors recalled seeing him swinging it as a club in the final moments of the battle. He was listed as KIA.0 -
quote:Originally posted by ripley16
When you see the ground of Pickett's Charge, it makes you wonder, "What the hell was Lee thinking"?[V] God, they were brave men!
That is what I think when I visit. The picture below is from Lee's position on Day 3 - prior to the inaccurately named "Pickett's Charge". The "Copse of Trees" is on the left of the horizon
From Little Round Top looking to Devil's Den and the Slaughter Pen.
Devil's Den0
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