Gettysburg Battlefield trip

[wdwmom2]

DH,me, and the S3 took a motorcycle trip over to Gettysburg yesterday. It was very hot and hazy but still took some good pics .

Hope you enjoy them.....

General Lee and his horse Traveller

Part of monument under the above pic

Statue in tribute to the North Carolina soldiers. Overheard a park ranger telling another person that the artist who created Mount Rushmore also created this

Pennsylvania monument. Notice the little statue right in the midde of the picture. This one is fully zoomed out. The next pic is at full digital zoom.

Reenactors from the 8th Division of New Jersey. Notice the fire coming out of the end of the flintlock

Same reenactors with my husband and me

 

[YEKCIM]

Great pix, and one of the most sacred historic spots in our nation. I've visited/hiked this battlefield a few times and your pix bring back wonderful memories, and remind me that I need to plan a return visit sometime in the not too distant future.

Great shots, and great memories! Have you, by chance, seen the movie, "Gettysburg"?

~Ed

 

[wdwmom2]

Have you, by chance, seen the movie, "Gettysburg"?

~Ed

Not only have I seen it, the movie director called the pediatric practice I work at asking for a set of twins for the movie. And don't you know, we had the perfect set. I still take care of those children to this day.

 

[Becky521]

Wow, my husband would be so jealous that you can just go to Gettysburg for the day. He loves going there - it is just such a long ride. Great pictures - I will show them to him but I know that means a trip will be in the making I have to admit, I am not much of a history fan, but I learned more in the few days at the battlefield then I ever learned reading in a history book.

 

[Virgo10]

Magnificent!

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Great pics, thanks for sharing! Especially like the selective color one with the face and fire! My son will enjoy these, he loves American History. We've got to get down there one of these days, too.

 

[Dan Murphy]

GREAT pictures, Sharon, thanks. The selective color is really outstanding ; some day I have to try that.

 

[juligrl]

Nice pics of the monuments! My DH and I are civil war reenactors/living historians and we love Gettysburg. Haven't had a chance to try our S3 out there yet, but I love seeing your pics. I like the one with the color selection feature - neat! Thanks for sharing.

 

[wdwmom2]

Nice pics of the monuments! My DH and I are civil war reenactors/living historians and we love Gettysburg. Haven't had a chance to try our S3 out there yet, but I love seeing your pics. I like the one with the color selection feature - neat! Thanks for sharing.

Wow, you guys are reenactors, neat!!!!! I admire anyone that can take that hot, humid heat in the clothing that they wear. The reenactors where staying in tents in the middle of a field out in that hot sun !!!!

Thank you for bringing history "to life"!!!

And thanks for the kind words regarding my photos!

 

[jann1033]

nice photos sharon...i went there a few yrs ago and some of the monuments were very touching..i remember one showing a dead soldier with a hole in his shoe, figured that portrayed the conditions they had to go through...

 

[juligrl]

Thank you for giving us a reason to do what we love to do!

P.S. Yes, it is hot in period attire - mens (I've been told) or womens!

 

[Golf4food]

Nice photos, thanks. One small problem though - that soldier isn't firing a "flintlock".

All US army field weapons by 1863 were percussion cap fired rifles. A flintlock is a firing mechanism whereby the gun is discharged by a flint (the rock) being held in the hammer and striking against the metal plate to create a spark (just like cavemen) that ignites the powder in the chamber. A percussion cap is a mechanism whereby you place a small cap (like a modern child's cap gun) on the "nipple" and a hammer then falls upon it, igniting the powder inside the cap and sending that spark directly into the champer. It is a much more reliable method than the flintlock and allows for firing in the rain whereas the flintlocks often would not fire in the rain. Flintlocks were common prior to the civil war, but by the 1860's were obsolete.

So to be accurate, that soldier is firing a rifle. I know of no US army troops at Gettysburg that carried muskets, though there were a handful of confederate units at that battle who did and would fire "buck and ball" - a round ball like a musket with a small amount of buckshot on top so that it had an almost shotgun like effect - very deadly at close range.

That is all. I will get off of my history lesson soapbox now. I do especially love the use of selective coloring in that photo!

 

[wdwmom2]

Nice photos, thanks. One small problem though - that soldier isn't firing a "flintlock".

All US army field weapons by 1863 were percussion cap fired rifles. A flintlock is a firing mechanism whereby the gun is discharged by a flint (the rock) being held in the hammer and striking against the metal plate to create a spark (just like cavemen) that ignites the powder in the chamber. A percussion cap is a mechanism whereby you place a small cap (like a modern child's cap gun) on the "nipple" and a hammer then falls upon it, igniting the powder inside the cap and sending that spark directly into the champer. It is a much more reliable method than the flintlock and allows for firing in the rain whereas the flintlocks often would not fire in the rain. Flintlocks were common prior to the civil war, but by the 1860's were obsolete.

So to be accurate, that soldier is firing a rifle. I know of no US army troops at Gettysburg that carried muskets, though there were a handful of confederate units at that battle who did and would fire "buck and ball" - a round ball like a musket with a small amount of buckshot on top so that it had an almost shotgun like effect - very deadly at close range.

That is all. I will get off of my history lesson soapbox now. I do especially love the use of selective coloring in that photo!

I guess I should know better, I hunt with both a flintlock and an inline muzzleloader !!!!!!