Monuments of Gettysburg

[Georgian183]

Included here are the various monuments I photographed while at Gettysburg...forgive me if these have been posted or done before.

Buford monument

Reynolds monument

2nd Maine Battery

147th New York

149th Pennsylvania (I really liked this one)

John Burns

More to come!

 

[redbob]

The 3" Ordnance Rifle at Buford's left front (picture #1) is reportedly the first cannon to be fired at the Battle of Gettysburg.

 

[Georgian183]

Here we have the North Carolina monument

The Virginia monument

Alabama monument

Irish Brigade

114th Pennsylvania

7th New Jersey

73rd New York

1st Minnesota

Longstreet

 

[Virginia Dave]

Thank you many of these I have not seen.

 

[Jim Heen]

I was on a weekend tour of the First Day fighting by the ALBG a few years ago. One of the guides said that the soldier on the 149 PA monument is gazing out to where some of the unit's color guard were sent with the colors to draw Confederate artillery fire away from the main body of the regiment on July 1.

 

[JOHN42768]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing them

 

[James N.]

Reynolds' monument certainly looks different minus the large tree that has overshadowed it for as long as I can remember!

 

[redbob]

Here we have the North Carolina monument
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The Virginia monument

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Alabama monument
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Irish Brigade
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114th Pennsylvania
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7th New Jersey
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73rd New York
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1st Minnesota
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Longstreet
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The Alabama monument took on a new meaning when I discovered that an ancestor with the 11th Alabama probably walked over that same ground and there are actually two monuments to firefighters on the field at Gettysburg, the one pictured to the New York Fire Zouaves and the one to the 72nd Pennsylvania aka the Philadelphia Fire Zouaves.

 

[captaindrew]

Very nice photos! thanks for sharing. Never be shy about posting photos. Even if they've been posted before they always look a little different through other's eyes and always appreciated around here.