OT Bull Run & GB pics

[geofflambert]

And now we've panned back to Round Top.

[terje439]

Thank you for posting these, even if it made me spend even more of my time in front of the PC, dusting off FoF and winning the war for the CSA once more [:D]


Terje

[Cap Mandrake]

Good pics Geoff, although some might find the one in the Devil's Den a bit disrepectful.

It is interesting how the forest tries to reclaim the land when you stop agricultural and buidling activity.

In addition to removing the misplaced superstructure from USS Pennsylvania, the Park Service cut down a bunch of trees recently.

[Walloc]

Is that tower a fairly new addition?
I dont recall seeing it, which isnt necesarrily the same as it wasnt there, when i toured the battlesite in oct 2002.

Kind regards,

Rasmus

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Walloc

Is that tower a fairly new addition?
I dont recall seeing it, which isnt necesarrily the same as it wasnt there, when i toured the battlesite in oct 2002.

Kind regards,

Rasmus

It was torn down in 2000. It was acutally on private land. In a likely abuse of eminent domain it was seized, the owners were paid $3m dollars and it was torn down. Still, hard to argue it wasn't for the good of the community.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_National_Tower


Important safety tip when visiting national battlefields. Never go with a woman because 99.9% of the time, she will not be as interested as you are.

[Walloc]

Ah, thx Cap.

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Important safety tip when visiting national battlefields. Never go with a woman because 99.9% of the time, she will not be as interested as you are.

Hehe, i went with my american GF to Gettysburg. I was kinda fearing the above too. We went on an offical tour and to my pleasant supprise he spend about a 1/3 of the time telling more personal stories. Personalties, lovers and the works on some of the generals. Keeping the ladies interrested at least some of time. Im pretty sure i owe that guy getting sex that night. So i could live with him spending some of the time on non essential military information.


Kind regards,

Rasmus

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Walloc
Im pretty sure i owe that guy getting sex that night. So i could live with him spending some of the time on non essential military information.


Kind regards,

Rasmus

[:D][:D][:D]

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Good pics Geoff, although some might find the one in the Devil's Den a bit disrepectful.

It is interesting how the forest tries to reclaim the land when you stop agricultural and buidling activity.

In addition to removing the misplaced superstructure from USS Pennsylvania, the Park Service cut down a bunch of trees recently.

Yes, I'm sure you're right and I apologize. [:(] I certainly did mean disrespect toward Mr. Brady, though.

Good one on the USS PA [:D]

[geofflambert]

Now a visit to the Cemetary Hill area. The skyview here gives the upcoming camera locations. The missing location #5 (Benner's Hill) will be shown on a later skyview.

[geofflambert]

camera location 1
The next three shots were taken from Slocum Ave looking generally northward. You may guess that the curiously round shadow in the foreground is from the Gettysburg National Tower, but it is 2,500 feet to the SSW and it's morning. I am forced to conclude that there was a UFO hovering above the battlefield at that moment.

[geofflambert]

camera location 1
panning right

[geofflambert]

camera location 1
panning right

[geofflambert]

camera location 2
I backed up about 50 feet for this shot. The friend you see on the right standing at the fence was just a bit right of where camera location 1 was. Now we can see the mysterious shadow was only from a tree off to the right of this shot. Surprisingly smooth edge to that shadow.

[geofflambert]

camera location 3
Here begins a pan that covers about 300 degrees and begins with a SW shot that includes the Evergreen Cemetary Gate House. The 226 is the bearing of that building. On the right of it you can see a house-like addition that was added sometime after the battle. I'm following this with a period photo of it. Behind it just to the right, you can see Soldier's National Monument. I believe this is for both sides of the war. Further right you see the New York Monument.

[geofflambert]

I don't think I'd mind to much living there now, but it looks like it was pretty rough back then.

[geofflambert]

camera location 3
panning left
Since I appear in this pic, I must have been using the tripod so my friend would not need to line up the shot. The monument on the left is the base of the one for the 4th Ohio. They must have been cleaning the rest of it. I'll show a pic of it next.

[geofflambert]

The white building you see in the background is mostly hidden by a tree in the pic after next.

[geofflambert]

camera location 3
panning left
The friend you see left center is crouching, not standing, but you can see there's a significant drop there which I believe is buttressed by stones. The dark monument is for the 1st New York Light Artillery battery L. The tower bears at 178 degrees. I would have liked to put a level on that sucker, it just always seems askew.

[geofflambert]

camera location 3
panning left
The tree at center left is hiding that white building mentioned earlier. Center right behind the trees you can see a brown building; that is a Comfort Inn Suites, which would be convenient for your vist. The legend that Abner Doubleday stayed there the night of July 1 is without foundation. He was reported to have complained about their lack of WiFi. While his complaint cannot be corroborated, my research has determined that they in fact did not have WiFi, at least at that time.

[geofflambert]

camera location 3
panning left
Culp's Hill. You can just make out the top of the Culp's Hill Tower on top. It is at 103 degrees.