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<p>[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 8345020, member: 74863"]Years ago when I was young, my wife and I parked the car where the cyclorama used to be. We did the 12.1 mile hike. It went down the Union lines past all the memorials then into the woods. When we left the trees we found ourselves at Roundtop. Off through the countryside and found ourselves at the barn that was a hospital for the wounded. Then we got over to the Confederate lines and walked back ending up at the monument for General Lee. From there you could see where we started so off we hiked. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was a mile long if not a bit more. Flat and not a place to hide. No logs or down trees, not even a small depression to get in. You go across 2 split rail log fences held up by X posts. Then slightly uphill to a low rocky area. This was the path of General Picket’s charge and the Union troops were in that rocky area. Not just soldiers with rifles but cannons. Those cannons fire 4 different types of charges. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of which was heavily used there was a cannon ball that when fired would open up and release over 50 shots. It took about 12-14 men to man one cannon and those cannons were loud. As I crossed that field I used my imagination and I swear to you that I could hear those cannons firing and the bullets whizzing past my ears. I could also hear the moans and death cries of those southern soldiers. I could also smell the spent gunpowder. I’ll never forget it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The entire hike was fantastic but that last mile made me realize for the first time in my life what it was like on that battlefield and it was a three day battle. I’ve been to many a Civil War battlefield and cemetery and as bad as Antietam was in the one day, the bloodiest one day of the war, Gettysburg was worse overall.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19855]@dimeguy[/USER] Enjoy your time time there. It’s an incredible place. Fully of history. They are still finding artifacts in that area. In the town of Gettysburg, there is a house with a cannonball that did not explode. Left as is for tours. Let your imagination get the best of you as you visit the battlefield. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you’ll take notice, all of the northern monuments are quite different from the southern monuments. There are more of them and they are larger. This was a political issue. The north, Pennsylvania and other groups, didn’t want to honor the south. Over a hundred years later, even in the 1960’s, southern monuments were put up for display and to honor the soldiers. Some are in out of the main roads but they are there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’d like to go back but my knee will not allow me to walk very far.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 8345020, member: 74863"]Years ago when I was young, my wife and I parked the car where the cyclorama used to be. We did the 12.1 mile hike. It went down the Union lines past all the memorials then into the woods. When we left the trees we found ourselves at Roundtop. Off through the countryside and found ourselves at the barn that was a hospital for the wounded. Then we got over to the Confederate lines and walked back ending up at the monument for General Lee. From there you could see where we started so off we hiked. It was a mile long if not a bit more. Flat and not a place to hide. No logs or down trees, not even a small depression to get in. You go across 2 split rail log fences held up by X posts. Then slightly uphill to a low rocky area. This was the path of General Picket’s charge and the Union troops were in that rocky area. Not just soldiers with rifles but cannons. Those cannons fire 4 different types of charges. One of which was heavily used there was a cannon ball that when fired would open up and release over 50 shots. It took about 12-14 men to man one cannon and those cannons were loud. As I crossed that field I used my imagination and I swear to you that I could hear those cannons firing and the bullets whizzing past my ears. I could also hear the moans and death cries of those southern soldiers. I could also smell the spent gunpowder. I’ll never forget it. The entire hike was fantastic but that last mile made me realize for the first time in my life what it was like on that battlefield and it was a three day battle. I’ve been to many a Civil War battlefield and cemetery and as bad as Antietam was in the one day, the bloodiest one day of the war, Gettysburg was worse overall. [USER=19855]@dimeguy[/USER] Enjoy your time time there. It’s an incredible place. Fully of history. They are still finding artifacts in that area. In the town of Gettysburg, there is a house with a cannonball that did not explode. Left as is for tours. Let your imagination get the best of you as you visit the battlefield. If you’ll take notice, all of the northern monuments are quite different from the southern monuments. There are more of them and they are larger. This was a political issue. The north, Pennsylvania and other groups, didn’t want to honor the south. Over a hundred years later, even in the 1960’s, southern monuments were put up for display and to honor the soldiers. Some are in out of the main roads but they are there. I’d like to go back but my knee will not allow me to walk very far.[/QUOTE]
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