Controlled Burn 2018

[Doug5861]

They burned the Slyder field, Triangular field and the Slaughter Pen this year. These were taken two weeks after the burn.

Triangular field

Benning's Knoll and the Slyder fields

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Triangular field/Slyder field

Slaughter Pen

 

[Cpl. Smith]

Wow! There is a lot of stone. That would not be fun to run through.

 

[infomanpa]

Wow! There is a lot of stone. That would not be fun to run through.

I've always wondered how many twisted ankles were suffered by the Rebels coming through there.

 

[John Winn]

Wow! There is a lot of stone. That would not be fun to run through.

No doubt. And all that canister and musket balls ricocheting - just wouldn't be right to get hit by something that otherwise would've missed you by twenty feet.

 

[speedylee]

Nice pix of the fields. I'll be there in less than a month and, as I did last year, I'll head first to the locations of this spring's controlled burns. There is so much to learn about the topography of the battlefield. One of the earlier comments in this string mentioned something about the rocks now visible and I am anxious to see them. I've walked that area many times and, now that the rocks are no longer cloaked by the vegetation, it's almost as though I'll see it all for the first time.

 

[Doug5861]

This is the face of Munshower's Knoll from 2 years ago. I couldn't imagine having to move quickly across this ground.

This is Sedgewick Ave. looking North from Munshower's Knoll. This is Sickels original line before he advanced to the Emmittsburg Rd.

 

[pamc153PA]

I just got back from Gettysburg, and there is hardly any evidence of the burn. There was some charred dead wood along the horse trail to the Slyder farm, and the understory growth at the base of BRT near Devil's Kitchen hasn't really come back. Otherwise, everything is green and lush, which is the point of the burn.

 

[infomanpa]

I just got back from Gettysburg, and there is hardly any evidence of the burn. There was some charred dead wood along the horse trail to the Slyder farm, and the understory growth at the base of BRT near Devil's Kitchen hasn't really come back. Otherwise, everything is green and lush, which is the point of the burn.

You're not kidding about that! I noticed last year the same thing. The rapid spring growth really takes over.

 

[mofederal]

A lot of rocks in that area. I like the look of the after photos. I don't think I have ever seen so many rocks in my life. I think a lot of soldiers must have had a trouble moving through this area, especially moving fast.

 

[infomanpa]

A lot of rocks in that area. I like the look of the after photos. I don't think I have ever seen so many rocks in my life. I think a lot of soldiers must have had a trouble moving through this area, especially moving fast.

Yes. The southern portion of the battlefield was very different from the rest of the area, which had a softer kind of rock.