Monday, August 21 – To continue our previous blog……..We took a break after spending the morning at the Gettysburg Military Museum and since we were only minutes from our campsite, we drove home for a light lunch. With temperatures expected to reach the 90's this afternoon, we soon headed back out to do the driving tour on the northern part of the battlefield. This is the area where the battle began on July 1, 1863. Again, we were very impressed with the area. The movie and cyclorama had done a wonderful job preparing us for the tour and we felt we understood this area of the battlefield quite well.
Day one of the battle was on Seminary Ridge, McPherson Ridge and Oak Ridge. There many outstanding statues in this area.
The field behind General Buford is where the first battle took place.
Major General Reynolds
Looking out over the battlefield. The road you see was there and all the fences and rock walls are in the original place when the battles took place. Most of the walls and fences are still the original.
The remaining photos show some of the beautiful statues here in this part of the battlefield.
This unit lost their best friend in the first battle.
On the side of each statue is a list of the battles that unit fought in.
The Peace Memorial with the eternal flame on top.
On top of a Pennsylvania statue.
Marsha’s maiden name is Wadsworth. We happen to find one of her name-sakes, Major General James Samuel Wadsworth. He fought in the battle all three days for New York.
3” cannons used on the battlefield.
The first day of the Battle at Gettysburg was basically centered in this one area. We move on to Day 2 tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
Love the hair Paul. Must have been breezy. It's fun to see your pictures and remember our visit.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you two enjoying it there
ReplyDeleteLooking this tour right along with you checking out more American history.
ReplyDeleteWadsworth is a big name in our town. Two brothers settled here in the 1700's and owned the majority of land between here and what is now Rochester, NY. They still have quite a presence here and some lovely estates
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are enjoying your tour:) The park has worked so hard over the last several years trying to return the land to what it was like during the battle. This has meant that a lot of trees needed to be removed. But it gives visitors a better idea of what the soldiers actually saw. Looking forward to Day 2!
ReplyDeleteGettysburg is still on my bucket list. Maybe next year we'll target it. Loved the blog.
ReplyDeleteWe really liked our tour of the battle field. I hope we can return some day to visit the museum.
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