- Joined
- Feb 13, 2011
- Location
- Howard County, Maryland
Dunker Church
Hagerstown Pike
Sunken Road
http://yourehistory.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/civil-war-sites-then-and-now/
Respectfully, I believe the origination of the modern Hagerstown Pike image is incorrect. The historic image is taken from inside the fence, looking south, as opposed to outside the fence, looking north. The actual pike is visible in the historic image at far right, through the rails of the fence, with the rail fence on the other side of the pike also visible. What's taken for the pike in the historic image is a cart track along the edge of the field. The dead here are Confederate troops, including some from the 4th Texas, who were swung left at the last moment to protect the flank of the Texas Brigade's advance into the Cornfield, which would be behind the photographer. High-res version here.
i pretty much understand that too,but have heard that permission to walk up there can be gotten.just wonder if i can go and knock on the door.well when i am there perhaps a reenactor or two can point me in the right direction.too bad you wont be there. i would love to have a face to face about the battle with you. rgrds.keithI've heard that Nicodemus Heights is privately owned. Not sure about Hauser's Ridge.
Frassanito's Study on pp. 126-127 supports this.Andy's right but not entirely. The historic photo is taken looking NORTH on the WEST side of a fence that was on the WEST side of the Hagerstown Pike but is no longer there. In other words, take the modern photo above, lift up the fence, the road and the ground in between, and move it all to the left side of the road in the modern photo (which is the old Hagerstown Pike).
Also, the old photo was taken farther north than the modern photo here assumes. The house in the modern photo was not there in 1862 - the historic photo was taken approximately due west of where the house now stands.
I don't think the Sunken Road photo is right, either. In the modern photo we see a group of people and a ranger vehicle in the background. The bodies in the old photo, I believe, were lying about there, and the old photo is the reverse in angle of the new one (the new photo looks north, the old one looks south).
The Dunker Church photo is pretty good, tho I would move the camera about 50 yards to the right to get the proper angle. The modern cannon are not exactly where the historic cannon were.
While I would agree with you regarding the gruesomeness of the Civil War pictures, I would respectfully disagree with your comparison with the WTC. As a survivor of the 9/11 attack at the WTC, I believe the absence of remains made the event no less horrific than those where the remains could be readily seen but perhaps even more horrifying due tot he lack of any remains. I attended many memorials without a casket which, in itself, was unique.
I have included a link to the 9/11 Museum which has pictures of the event (including mine) and leave it to the reader to determine the extend these pictures are horrifying.
http://makehistory.national911memorial.org/
Sure. Best way is to go to the 9/11 website on the link. Type my name "Alan Di Sciullo" in upper right hand side and press go. My office was on the 65th floor of 2WTC (Morgan Stanley) and I was in the street when the towers fell which I was able to capture in pictures.