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Sun May 17, 2009 2:07 am

Nice pics, Gray - be sure to plan for, and savor, your time at Gettysburg. It is an experience like no other battlefield I have visited, and I've been to a lot of them. I've got some preferred motels to stay in and eating spots to hit every time if you are interested.

Heading for Nashville/Murfreesboro and beyond to Chattanoogo/Lookout Mt/Chickamauga/Missionary Ridge next month. Hope to have some more pictures from those areas.


Nashville/Murfreesboro don't have much in the way of actual battlefield left, but you can see a decent museum. Likewise, it should not take you long in Chattanooga, there are only a few isolated markers preserving sites there, mostly along Missionary Ridge. Lookout Mtn is a must see but won't take long unless you decide to "See Rock City". You'll know what I mean by the time you get there. ;)

We used to live in Rome GA about 35 miles south of Chickamauga. It's a great battlefield with lots of preserved sites, but it will require a lot of walking through woods and has no real great vistas like Gettysburg.

Chickamauga lends itself well to isolated hiking trails giving you a reason the fighting was so confused there at times. Pack a picnic lunch as once you get in the park there is nothing for miles around. You can easily spend 2 days here; if you stay in Chattanooga you can do that stuff in between visits to the Chickamauga field.

Enjoy your trip! I'm putting together some more Gettysburg pictures now.

What's cool is after your trip I am quite sure you will divide that Chickamauga /Chattanooga region up in AACW in just the right way! :D
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More old Gettysburg pics:

The Virginia/Lee monument, looking towards Cemetary Ridge from Seminary Ridge; this is supposedly where Lee/Longstreet watched the charge. 12 lb Napoleon in foreground.

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Here is a view from the same location looking towards Cemetary Ridge; the PA State monument is to the far right, then Cordori Farm (reconstructed buildings). The large Cyclorama bulding and old Visitor Center can be seen at far left. Both have since been destroyed:

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Zoomed in view from same spot, you can see the swales where the advancing troops took shelter from artillery:

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Similar view from behind 2 12 pounders; the narrow green grass path is where they allow you to walk the path of the charge. Pickett's Division would have advanced from right of here and Pettigrew/Trimble from the left:

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Next post I've got the view back from Cemetary Ridge to this position.
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Tue May 19, 2009 9:29 pm

Thanks, Mikee64, for the great Gettysburg pics! Years ago, I had the chance to visit the battlefield, but ended up missing the opportunity. I rather regret that, now. Your pictures have sort of made up for that loss. As I said earlier, seeing pictures that friends and acquaintances have taken is a much richer experience for me, than viewing a file photograph in a book. (Especially nice color shots that fill up my screen! :) )

Thanks for the ordnance pics, Gray! I somehow suspect that they might have a certain motivational effect... especially the 3" Ordnance Rifle! :D :siffle:

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Sun May 31, 2009 2:20 am

A more recent picture from Gettysburg; this is a Parrott, you can clearly see the reinforced iron band around the breach. I don't know if this is a 10 or 20 pounder, but either way you can see it's pretty big. I guess the tree grew up in front of it since 1863.

http://members.cox.net/mikee64/Mike_Kim_cannon.JPG

Here my daughter tries to save Little Round Top from near the Warren statue:

http://members.cox.net/mikee64/Erin_saves_LRT.JPG

Don't try this on your own, we found out just after you were not supposed to climb on that rock.... oh well better to ask forgiveness than permission!
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Here is the famous site of the Confederate sharpshooter.... or was he?

Little Round Top just out of background to left/BRT in right background.
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Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:46 pm

Alright, in order to honor what went on exactly 146 years ago today, I thought I would finish my pics with some from Cemetary Ridge.

A shot from Cushing's Battery looking back across at Seminary Ridge at the Lee monument I posted above. This is the ground most of Pettigrew's men would have covered. Stone wall marks the Union infantry line; van is on Emmittsburg Road:
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A zoomed in view of the same spot. This does not show the fences along Emmitsburg Road; these are additional fences which had to be crossed under artillery fire:
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A shot from behind Cushing's battery of 3 inch rifles. The marker to the left shows the spot where Armistead fell. The monument in the background is the 71st PA and marks the apex of The Angle (front corner):
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The Angle looking from Arnold's battery towards Cordori Farm. Monuments: 72nd PA on left, 71st PA in center, 26th NC "High Water Mark" at right. Cushing battery is just out of view to the left:
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Taken from the High Water marker looking up (East) at Arnold's Battery:
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Taken from the same spot but looking south - Cushing's battery with copse of trees in background:
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Looking north from The Angle, Arnold's Battery on right, Bryan farm in background:
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From Emmitsburg Road looking up at Arnold's Battery; the last 250 yards or so of the advance. Most of Pettigrew's men did not make it past this last fence:
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From the same spot looking directly at The Angle. Note the last of the fences here (one on each side of the road) that had to be crossed or torn down under small arms fire:
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From the same spot but looking further south towards the copse of trees. This is where Garnett and then Armistead briefly broke through:
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I'm actually headed back here for a couple days in 2 weeks. I'll try to get some updated pictures of the new Visitor Center and Museum for those who haven't been recently.
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Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:19 pm

Have to say as a euro these pics are more than likely the closest i will come too visiting these hallowed grounds, and that these are the kind of pictures that i like and would of taken myself, full of vision and view. Nice to see they have cannon on these sites always gives me a feeling that its more ''real'', sounds stupidish i think but its true.
After all for a euro a trip to america normally means disney land:P

Looking foward to more pictures

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Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:28 pm

Glad you enjoyed MrT; I'm enjoying posting them and it reminds me of what I need to see when I go back, but as long as I know someone is reading it makes it more worthwhile.

I'll hopefully have better quality pictures from my next visit as it will be with about a 3rd or 4th generation better camera. If not, we know who to blame. ;)
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Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:19 pm

the wife ;)

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Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:22 pm

mikee64 wrote:Here is the famous site of the Confederate sharpshooter.... or was he?


When I visited this site many years ago, I took a photo of myself posed in the very same manner, position, and place as the dead "sharpshooter." Quite tacky, if you think about. I'll try not to find that photo. :blink:

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Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:40 pm

Chaplain Lovejoy wrote:When I visited this site many years ago, I took a photo of myself posed in the very same manner, position, and place as the dead "sharpshooter." Quite tacky, if you think about. I'll try not to find that photo. :blink:


I must say that of all the things I have done to embarass my wife & daughter at battlefields in the past, I don't have anything to top this one. :thumbsup:
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Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:31 am

About 10 years ago, on a whirlwind tour of America's southeast, my family and I visited (among other places) Ft. Sumter, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Appomattox. And we didn't take pictures! Dumb, dumb. We also briefly visited Gettysburg a few years back. No pictures then either. More dumb.

Thanks for being smart, sharing your photos, and bringing back memories.
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Thanks for sharing those pictures, Mike :)
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