Where is it Wednesday, Gettysburg?

[MRB1863]

Identify this site...

 

[ami]

make your guess!

 

[Seduzal]

Cannon near the base of the Wheat Field

 

[Cavalier]

Guns atop Houck's ridge.

John

 

[Gettysburg Guide #154]

My guess is that this is the right gun of Cpt. James Smith's 4th NY Battery situate on Houck's Ridge above Devil's Den. Of course, we know that Smith said that the position of the memorial guns are not where he actually placed his pieces.

 

[reading48]

Smith's battery.. for me..as well....

 

[Texas Yank]

Houck's Ridge... just east of "the triangle" Capt. James E. Smith's 4th NY battery (mentioned above).

 

[AntietamSentinel]

I'd have to say Smith's 4th NY as well.

 

[Ethan S.]

Smiths Battery, near Devils Den.


Coincidentally, I have a small relic of exploded ordnance found very close by where Smiths Battery was located.

 

[EJ Zander]

But what is the position of this one in the line?

 

[reading48]

My memory... Far right .... if you're looking South?????

 

[Tom Elmore]

The Parrott gun helps clinch the location, since they were not all that common.

 

[Gettysburg Guide #154]

The Parrott gun helps clinch the location, since they were not all that common.

Counting only the 10 lb. variety, Parrott's made up 16.3% of the 626 artillery pieces at Gettysburg.

 

[MRB1863]

Answer gets posted tomorrow (Saturdays)...but until then, here is an uncropped photo...watch for next Wednesday's edition, it's bound to be a real doozey!!!

 

[Gettysburg Guide #154]

Answer gets posted tomorrow (Saturdays)...but until then, here is an uncropped photo...watch for next Wednesday's edition, it's bound to be a real doozey!!!
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That clinches it! We can see Col. A. Van Horne Ellis, commander of the 124th NY, peeking just above the cannon barrel, and the 99th PA monument on the right edge of the photo.

 

[MRB1863]

What a good eye y'all have!!! It is on Houck's Ridge, Smith's Battery, the last gun in the line.
I'm already scheming the next Wednesday's photo...hope everyone is ready!!!

 

[Texas Yank]

Believe it or not, after answering I checked Google Earth and came up with a pretty good view.