Gettysburg Greg
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2010
- Location
- Decatur, Illinois
Last fall I visited the Thompson house for the first time after it had been restored by the American Battlefield Trust under the direction of Garry Adelman. The restoration to the house and surrounding property was amazing. The ABT used the July 1863 photograph taken by Mathew Brady as a guide for the restoration. I took a photo of the back of the house that included the cool dog house, rain barrel, and cellar door. For comparison, I cropped Brady's photo to focus on the same area as my modern image. The comparison shown below illustrates how closely the restoration matches the Brady image. For the real Gettysburg nerds out there, try matching up the stones on the house between 1863 and now.
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