Category Archives: Aftermath

A Hard Road to Travel: Two Perspectives on the March to Gettysburg, Part 3

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

Dawn, July 5, 1863. The gloom of the day is accentuated by dense, gray clouds and intermittent rain showers. The sharp report of stray rifle shots echo across the battlefield as the last of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia leave … Continue reading →

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Another Look at the “Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter”

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

Readers of the park’s blog may remember my previous discussions in 2014 regarding “The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter”, the famous photograph of the dead Confederate soldier in Devil’s Den taken by Alexander Gardner and his photographers in July 1863 … Continue reading →

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A Correction on Colonel DuBose and his 15th Georgia Infantry on July 3.

Posted on July 22, 2016 by

In August 2014, I posted a three part series, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Revisited, in which I examined the deceased “sharpshooter” photographed by Alexander Gardner and his team near Devil’s Den on or about July 5-6, 1863. Readers will … Continue reading →

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“The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter” Revisited, Part 1

Posted on August 7, 2014 by

One of the most iconic images of Gettysburg is the photograph of a deceased Confederate soldier lying behind a stone barricade at Devil’s Den. This graphic image was first published in 1866 in Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, … Continue reading →

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Citizen Volunteers Inspire at Gettysburg

Posted on June 5, 2014 by

This week for three days, June 4 through June 6, leaders from across the country have gathered in Gettysburg for a summit to promote large scale national service, either military or civilian.  The effort is known as the Franklin Project, … Continue reading →

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Women, Gettysburg and the struggle for freedom

Posted on March 7, 2014 by

In honor of women’s history month and International Women’s Day on March 8, I am setting aside our series about 2014 goals to reflect on a few of the women of Gettysburg and the role they played in the struggle … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg’s Great Address

Posted on November 8, 2013 by

    Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.  So President Abraham Lincoln began his Gettysburg Address at … Continue reading →

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The Quartermaster’s Tale – Part 2

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

    In my last post we met Captain W. Willard Smith, an assistant quartermaster who was sent to Gettysburg after the battle, along with Captain Henry B. Blood, another quartermaster, to see to the clean-up of the field and recovery … Continue reading →

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The Quartermaster’s Tale

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

    A frequent misconception about the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg is that the armies departed by July 7 and left the civilians of Gettysburg with the job of cleaning up the battlefield and burying the dead. This is, … Continue reading →

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