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| Author: | warhorse123 [ Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:35 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | 111th NY on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg | ||
This was the position of the 111th NY Infantry during Picketts Charge. The side of the Bryan barn can be seen on the right and the Virginia Memorial, where General Lee watched the attack, is seen in the extreme distance.
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| Author: | Scott Ludwig [ Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 111th NY on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg |
Nice! I don't always stop at this one, but should do so one of the next times I go. I snapped the below yesterday for a slightly different view of the Bryan Farm from a long lens. Was standing at the guns for Branch (North Carolina) Battery, Henry's Artillery Battalion of Hood's Division, right after you turn onto South Confederate Ave heading towards the Round Tops. Also got the Rose Farm and Codori Farm's barn in it.  
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| Author: | warhorse123 [ Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 111th NY on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg |
Very nice, Scott! It's amazing how many times you can see the same thing in Gettysburg, but from many different perspectives. If you look at the Peach Orchard from The Loop, you can see that old Dan Sickles wasnt that crazy! The Peach Orchard was definitely commanding ground. Moving your corp forward without orders in another completely different story. |
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| Author: | Scott Ludwig [ Thu Jul 16, 2020 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 111th NY on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg |
Absolutely and I totally like winter time, as it's a whole other thing. Not only can you see further, you can go hiking into areas where normally it's rather hard to do in the summer. Particularly when the ground freezes I like to walk from Warfield Ridge over to the Triangular Field and into Devil's Den. You can see what Sickles was thinking for sure in terms of the Peach Orchard, but there isn't a whole lot else beyond that. I think Andrew Humphreys doesn't get as much credit as he deserves of leading his division. Much the same for John Robinson in the I Corps. |
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| Author: | warhorse123 [ Fri Jul 17, 2020 7:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 111th NY on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg |
Do you have a most favorite book on Gettysburg, sir? My first book I finished was The Last Invasion by Allen Guelzo. We can debate his authenticity in the book forum but I have since read Coddington and Sears and found them both excellent. |
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| Author: | P. Niedzielski [ Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 111th NY on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg |
What's the monument on the 1st picture background in the tree line?? is that the place Pickett Charge started?? |
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| Author: | warhorse123 [ Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 111th NY on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg |
That is the Virginia Memorial where General Lee watched Picketts Charge from |
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| Author: | Scott Ludwig [ Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 111th NY on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg |
warhorse123 wrote: Do you have a most favorite book on Gettysburg, sir? My first book I finished was The Last Invasion by Allen Guelzo. We can debate his authenticity in the book forum but I have since read Coddington and Sears and found them both excellent. I do not at the moment. I'm pretty sure I've got Sears' book somewhere around the house. I know I have his work on Antietam Landscape Turned Red over on the shelf. |
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