Fox's Gap

[White Flint Bill]

I visited the Fox's Gap battlefield on South Mountain last week. The setting is quiet, rural and peaceful. There was no one else there when I visited. Photos follow, for those interested.

The monument honoring General Reno looks fine.

But sadly, General Garland's monument has been badly vandalized.

The interpretive marker regarding the 13th North Carolina Infantry appears to be undisturbed.

Unlike the Georgia marker

A wooded trail leads to the North Carolina monument.

The monument was defaced last spring, but fortunately shows little evidence of it now.

It's a beautiful place, well worth a visit if you're in the area.

 

[Cpl. Smith]

People need to grow up. I hate seeing anything vandalized.

 

[Ole Miss]

Ignorance knows no bounds or boundaries! We are seeing one person, not elected, make decisions for many which is insane but it is a sign of the times. The lack of respect and courtesy is not only accepted but often encouraged which is a sad statement of us as a society.

Thank you posting these photos which are very pretty.
Regards
David

 

[Deleted User CS]

Thanks for sharing the beautiful photographs of the South Mountain battlefield. I have never been to this particular battlefield and will have to place it on my retirement bucket list. David.

 

[White Flint Bill]

Here is what the North Carolina monument looked like last March

 

[rebel brit]

Excellent pics. Shame that some idiots feel the need to resort to vandalism .

 

[JOHN42768]

Always great to be there by one's self. Nice photos. You just can't fix stupid

 

[donna]

People are ignorant, vandalizing monuments.

Thanks for sharing your photos.

 

[bankerpapaw]

How sad!!!

 

[infomanpa]

I was there last September. There were a few people walking around. And I'll never forget the bug bite that I got there that resulted in 2 days of a rash and swollen arm!

 

[Andy Cardinal]

Thanks for posting. Spent a day at Fox's Gap just recently.

 

[kholland]

Thanks for posting. Spent a day at Fox's Gap just recently.

On New Year's Day the State of Maryland had a number of guided hikes and I went on one from South Mountain Inn to this spot (about 2 miles of the Appalachian Trail). There were about 40 or 50 people who showed up and it was interesting. I told someone that in my 20's I don't think I would have been doing this on New Year's day

 

[Rogue]

Thanks for sharing the great pictures. As the vandalism says Not OK....should be not OK to vandalize the statues! Too bad they do such stupid stuff to monuments that they have no idea what they are even about.

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing this awesome story and photos.

 

[ariete]

thank you @White Flint Bill for sharing your experience, me, though, i will never can visit a national battlefield park in US, except here in this forum through your photos !
anyway it's a good opportunity for a salvific visit in a well-mantained wood (cool see unnatural bird's nests on the trees, it means someone think about it) granished of history.
the North Carolina monument is very outstanding, i ask you the permission to post that monument's photo on my blog (not the vandalize version, obviously .. ahaha, it happens, worldwide where there's democracy, for sure ! ahaha .. )

 

[White Flint Bill]

thank you @White Flint Bill for sharing your experience, me, though, i will never can visit a national battlefield park in US, except here in this forum through your photos !
anyway it's a good opportunity for a salvific visit in a well-mantained wood (cool see unnatural bird's nests on the trees, it means someone think about it) granished of history.
the North Carolina monument is very outstanding, i ask you the permission to post that monument's photo on my blog (not the vandalize version, obviously .. ahaha, it happens, worldwide where there's democracy, for sure ! ahaha .. )

Yes, of course.

 

[MRB1863]

Thank you for posting. What a beautifully inspiring site. It is a shame that those who vandalized these monuments were so astute as to editiorialize so crudely against a History that they obvoiusly know so very little (or nothing) about.

 

[Patrick H]

Thanks for a great photo tour. YIKES! Gen. Garland's monument looks like it received a blast of bird shot. Seriously, it does.

 

[White Flint Bill]

Thanks for a great photo tour. YIKES! Gen. Garland's monument looks like it received a blast of bird shot. Seriously, it does.

Looks that way to me too. It also has evidence of having been covered with red paint.

 

[Patrick H]

Looks that way to me too. It also has evidence of having been covered with red paint.

Yes, I saw that, too. Maybe it was done by the same intellectual giant who decorated the North Carolina monument.

The thought occurred to me: What if you, or someone like you, had been the first solitary visitor to discover the vandalism? It would be utterly shocking. I can't imagine the combination of feelings that I'd have.