I’m working on posts about my trip to South Carolina last week, so in the meantime, I thought I’d pull out some old photos of the Gettysburg Battlefield.
You will probably recognize some of these iconic monuments, but I took photos at different angles and up close to give you a better idea of the magnificent detail.
North Carolina Monument At Gettysburg
West Confederate Avenue, Gettysburg
The state of North Carolina provided 14,147 men to the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg. Only Virginia provided more troops to the cause.
During the three-day Battle of Gettysburg, North Carolina had 6,000 casualties, which was more than 40 percent of the men engaged.
North Carolina has the distinction of suffering the largest number of casualties at Gettysburg from any Confederate state.
This single single state represented more than a quarter of all Confederate casualties in the battle.
General Howard Equestrian Statue
Cemetery Hill
The monument to Major General Oliver O. Howard is southeast of Gettysburg on Cemetery Hill.
This is the area where Howard established a fallback position that allowed the Union forces to rally after their defeat on July 1st.
General Howard was the senior commander on the field for a large part of July 1 after the death of General John Reynolds and before the arrival of General Hancock.
Mississippi State Monument At Gettysburg
This is one of the most eye-catching, captivating and realistic monuments at Gettysburg, showing a fallen color bearer and a fellow soldier defending him and the fallen flag.
The monument shows a wounded color bearer propped up against a tree stump, and a second soldier standing over him.
The second soldier is posed with his musket over his shoulder, swinging it like a club in defense of his comrade and the fallen flag.
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