Top 10 Gettysburg Threads for 2019

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Here are the top 10 reaction posts from the Gettysburg Forum that had activity in 2019:

A Ewell Log! | Gettysburg

Merry Christmas to all. Here's a Ewell Log to help you celebrate the season.... :bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

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Something Fishy at the Henry Spangler House | Gettysburg

On the night of July 2, the drummer boys of the 28th Pennsylvania were assembled together by Assistant Surgeon William Altman to establish a field hospital at the Henry Spangler house and barn on the Baltimore Pike in rear of Culp’s Hill. The boys were to carry water to the wounded and help...

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Hazlett's Battery on Little Round Top Painting T&N | Gettysburg

Artist Dale Gallon describes this wonderful painting as, "The magnificent view from Little Round Top as it looked to the men of Hazlett's Battery fighting to hold it." Thanks to the continuous efforts of the NPS, we see it today nearly the same as it appeared in 1863. Here is Gallon's print...

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View of Pickett's Charge: Maj Gen Lafayette McLaws on July 3 | Gettysburg

"I sat on my horse watching the shells passing over me, now bursting over artillery, now over the enemy's lines and then suddenly against Round Top, until it became monotonous, as the results could but be conjectured. But finally, during a temporary lull in the artillery fire, my attention was...

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Then and Now of Brady Photograph on Little Round Top | Gettysburg

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...

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East Cemetery Hill Observation Tower | Gettysburg

You may, or may not be aware that in 1878, a wooden observation tower 60' high was built on East Cemetery Hill on the exact spot that General Hancock's equestrian statue would later occupy. There was a $0.25 charge for adults and $0.15 for children to climb to the top and a gift shop located in...

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Slave Stories from the Confederate Army at Gettysburg | Gettysburg

We usually have only the master’s version of master/slave interactions and slave experiences at Gettysburg, but I think it worthwhile to reconstruct and present what little we know of the activities of individual slaves on the battlefield. In relating these stories, the focus is placed upon the...

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The Split Rock and the Bent Knee Corpse | Gettysburg

Alexander Gardner recorded a series of twelve plates in the Rose pasture at Gettysburg documenting around 40 Confederate soldiers gathered for burial by their comrades. Until 1967, these mages had not been recognized as having been taken in the same location. In fact, some were mis-identified as...

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Confederate Barricade on Baltimore Street | Gettysburg

Across Baltimore Street from the Tillie Pierce house is a small wayside containing this Don Troiani print showing the Confederate barricade that extended across the street to the Pierce house at this location. From here the Confederates could fire on the Union troops on Cemetery Hill. Here is...

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No Time Now to Talk of Fatigue: Doles' Georgia Brigade at Gettysburg | Gettysburg

In his official report of the Battle of Gettysburg, Brigadier General George Pierce Doles credits his July 1, 1863 success to his subordinates, listing them by name. It seems that Doles himself deserves some of that credit. On that day, Doles' brigade, comprised of the 4th, 44th, 12th, and 21st...

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