Robert E. Lee

A Visit To Gettysburg
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The following photographs were taken September 11-13, 1999
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania



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The Bloody Wheatfield Monument and cannons in the Bloody Wheatfield


Warren Statue on Little Round Top Statue of Brigadier General G.K. Warren
Dedicated: August 8, 1888
It was here, at the undefended crest of Little Round Top, General Warren saw the advancing Confederates


warren statue Realizing the strategic importance of this, the left flank of the Union line, General Warren called for Federal troops to be rushed to Little Round Top


View from Little Round Top Devil's Den as seen from Little Round Top
On July 2, 1863 the Confederates overtook this advantageous position from where their sharpshooters picked off Union soldiers on Little Round Top.


Devil's Den One of the huge boulders in Devil's Den
To see how this place looked in July of 1863
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Gettysburg Monument 40th New York Infantry Monument
Facing Devil's Den at the base of Little Round Top


20th Maine at Gettysburg Twentieth Maine Infantry Monument
It was here troops under the command of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain repulsed Confederate attacks upon the Union flank.
For his efforts Chamberlain was awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor



"My dead and wounded were nearly as great in number as those still on duty. They literally covered the ground. The blood stood in puddles in some places on the rocks; the ground was soaked with the blood of as brave men as ever fell on the red field of battle."
~Colonel William C. Oates, 15th Alabama, at Little Round Top

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