Gettysburg Greg
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2010
- Location
- Decatur, Illinois
This is one of Mathew Brady's great photographs taken on Little Round Top o/a July 15, 1863. Once again, he called on his photogenic assistant to to give the scene some perspective by posing behind the works built by the 91st Pa. Witihin the frame of Brady's image are some interesting details including an empty wooden ammo box at the bottom of the slope in front of the assistant The boulder at top right with the rail in front became the base for the Warren statue, now known as Warren Rock. On the horizon on the left side is the distant Ziegler Grove Usually, this area on the west face of the hill is covered in overgrowrh, but fortunately, I found the area cleared on one of my previous visits and was able to the take the matching shot shown on the bottom.