Saturday, June 11, 2011

More pictures of Gettysburg

 National Cemetery, stones on right just have numbers.  This is also the site of the Gettysburg Address.

Maine monuments all had pine cone and tassel decoration. 

Re enactment camp at the monument below.  Cannons were everywhere as were the various monuments.

 PA monument, it lists all the names of soldiers involved in the battle.

For those who might not know this battle occurred over three days (July1-July 3, 1863) and is known as the greatest battle of the Civil War.  The Union had 23,00 casualties and the Confederate had 28,000.  It was the turning point of the War.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Looking at this beautiful tranquil area, it is difficult to imagine the horrors of war...the death, the smells, the smoke, the sounds, the chaos, etc.