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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1295089, member: 11521&quot;]For four weeks in September and October I was in Pennsylvania doing disaster inspections for FEMA after severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm Lee. (Before that I was on Long Island for 10 days inspecting damage caused by Hurricane Irene.) When I was finished with my work I decided to tour the area for a few days. So I drove down to Gettysburg and Antietam National Battlefield Parks. Even though the rain was incessant I thoroughly enjoyed my first visit to each of these historic sites.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. For three days in early July 1863 the Union and the Confederate armies fought the battle that would determine the outcome of the war. Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with over 46,000 casualties on both sides (double that of the almost 23,000 casualties in a single day at Antietam). The Battle of Gettysburg is known for pitched battles at the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Devil&#039;s Den and Little Round Top but it is probably best known for Pickett&#039;s Charge on the third day of battle where 12,500 Confederates charged across open fields in an attempt to break through the Union&#039;s center. The fighting was fiercest at The Angle (a 90-degree bend in a stone wall Union soldiers were defending). The Confederates did manage to break through the Union&#039;s lines at The Angle but the Confederates were eventually beaten back. Less than half of the 12,500 Confederates who made the charge returned. The area around The Angle is known as the High Water Mark because it is the closest the Confederates came to defeating the Union. After Pickett&#039;s Charge failed Lee withdrew his troops from Northern soil and continued to wage a defensive war on Southern soil for almost another two years. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a numismatic connection to both Gettysburg and Antietam. The Gettysburg National Park Quarter is based on the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry monument located near The Angle. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below are some photos from my visit to Gettysburg and The Angle.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]144726.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]144727.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]144728.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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