Interesting note. . . Gettysburg was named after Getty, a tavern owner. The battle there was three days long, from July 1st to the 3rd, 1863. At the time, Gettysburg had about 2,400 residents, in town and the surrounding farms. There remain something less than 200 of the original structures, deemed to be preserved in the 1800s. All of the original civil war buildings are marked with plaques.
During the three day battle, 156,000 soldiers marched thru town. There were more than 51,000 casualties, which include dead, dying and injured. Traveling thru the relatively small area which comprised the battlefield, it was a stretch of the imagination to relive those days. There are more than 1,300 monuments of all sorts, informational and sculptural. We learned the the statues of generals on horses who had one leg off the ground were injured in the battle, two legs off the ground died during the battle, and all hooves on the ground survived. All in all, a wonderful adventure.
Most of the pictures were taken thru the closed window of the bus and, therefore, are not the greatest. Sorry for that.
Civil War Cemetery
The view from Little Round Top, overlooking The Devil's Den. Many solders, both Confederate and Union, were killed here. It was a draw.
Of the 15,000 Confederate soldiers who fought for only a few hours in the Wheatfield, only 150 survived. . . a Union victory.
Fences. . .
. . . fences
. . . and more fences
One of the many monuments.
A general who survived the battle.
One of the larger monuments.
Could this have been a relative of Barry's??
Some of the original cannons.
Refurbished cannons.
This house shows the hole from a cannon ball.
Double-click on this picture to see that this house has over 150 bullet holes still.
Photos of dioramas in the museum of various Civil War battles
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