The angle at Gettysburg. On July 3, 1863, the Confederates stormed this stone wall as they attempted to take the field in the ill-fated "Picket's Charge." © Mike Lynaugh
McPherson Barn located on the old Chambersburg Pike (modern Route 30) just outside Gettysburg. It was here that the fighting began on July 1, 1863. The barn shown was used as a hospital during the battles here. © Mike Lynaugh
A lone cannon still stands where it once was just prior to the grand charge of the Confederacy known as "Picket's Charge."
The monument to General James Longstreet, General Lee's "Old War Horse" at Gettysburg. Even today, over 140 years after the fighting here subsided, people still debate if it was General Longstreet's fault that the Confederacy was defeated here. As post-war debates became widespread as to exactly where the South may have gone wrong, attention centered on the Battle of Gettysburg as the turning point. Lee refused to join in any such debate and died in 1870 without any response to the discussion. Many southern political leaders and former generals, including Jubal Early and Sandie Pendleton, were quick to point out that Longstreet had not cooperated with Lee at Gettysburg by not supporting his commander's wishes as fully as he should have. Longstreet responded with criticisms of Lee's field decisions and strategy. By this time, the stature of Lee was so great and his abilities as a southern commander so highly regarded that many in the South saw Longstreet's comments as treachery. The war of words continued until the last days of General Longstreet's life, though he was exonerated time and again by the veterans who had marched, fought, and bled under his command on many a battlefield. © Mike Lynaugh
Monuments to Generals Buford (left) and Reynolds (right) located on the old Chambersburg Pike (modern Route 30). © Mike Lynaugh
Cannons still stand where they once did just prior to the grand charge of the Confederacy known as "Picket's Charge." © Mike Lynaugh
Cannons still stand where they once did just prior to the grand charge of the Confederacy known as "Picket's Charge." © Mike Lynaugh
The monuments to General Reynolds located on the old Chambersburg Pike (modern Route 30). © Mike Lynaugh
The memorial to the 142nd Pennsylvania Infantry that fought on this spot during the first day's fighting at Gettysburg. In the background you can just make out the spire at Gettysburg College that General Buford used to control the fighting that day as he helped delay the Confederates from reaching Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to General Abner Doubleday at Gettysburg. After the Civil War, Doubleday would be credited with creating the modern game we know today as baseball. © Mike Lynaugh
The location where General John Reynolds was killed at Gettysburg. He was the highest ranking Union soldier killed that day. Ironically, he had just turned down the job of leading the Army of the Potomac just days before Gettysburg, forcing President Lincoln to replace Joe Hooker with George Meade as commanding officer of the Army of the Potomac. © Mike Lynaugh
Cannons still stand where they once did just prior to the grand charge of the Confederacy known as "Picket's Charge." © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to John L. Burns. John Burns was a 70 year old veteran of the War of 1812 and Mexican War, and when Confederate soldiers took his cattle, he got angry, picked up his old musket and asked the nearest Union soldiers where he could go to fight. It was suggested that he stay back in the woods, but he refused and stood on the lines with the Federal Troops, and was wounded 3 times, then captured by the Confederates. They later released him, and he became a hero of the town. When President Lincoln came to town in November he asked to meet John Burns. He is known as the "Civilian Hero of Gettysburg." © Mike Lynaugh
A family enjoys the fall colors near the 108th NY Infantry monument at Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
The memorial to the Grand Army of the Republic located near the visitor's center in Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
The angle at Gettysburg. On July 3, 1863, the Confederates stormed this stone wall as they attempted to take the field in the ill-fated "Picket's Charge." © Mike Lynaugh
A lone cannon still guards the stone wall in-which General George Pickett charged on that deadly day on July 3, 1863. © Mike Lynaugh
A rusty cannon along the road leading up to the Round Tops. © Mike Lynaugh
A cannon along the angle where the failed "Picket's Charge" took place. This photo was taken in the pitch black of a Gettysburg night, around 10:30pm. © Mike Lynaugh
A row of cannons along the road to the Pennsylvania Monument. © Mike Lynaugh
The 111th New York Infantry monument is located right at the heart of Pickett's charge. It is located right on North Hancock Avenue, just in front of the Bryan House. © Mike Lynaugh
This is a detail of the Virginia Monument at Gettysburg. On the top of this monument Robert E. Lee (not shown) stands forever overlooking the mighty field where his army suffered perhaps it's greatest defeat during the 4 years of fighting. © Mike Lynaugh
This is a detail of the Virginia Monument at Gettysburg. On the top of this monument Robert E. Lee (not shown) stands forever overlooking the mighty field where his army suffered perhaps it's greatest defeat during the 4 years of fighting. © Mike Lynaugh
A monument to a New York monument in the Wheatfield. © Mike Lynaugh
Sunset on Culp's Hill. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to Union General George Meade. General Meade had only been in command of the Union army for a couple days when the Confederate army, trying to sneak into the north and capture Harrisburg, collided with his army here in the town of Gettysburg. If it was not for the Union victory here, we would most likely not be the united, great country we are today. Meade, and the actions of his army in the 3 days in July 1863, did in fact save our country. © Mike Lynaugh
This building was used as General Robert E. Lee's headquarters during the first day of the battle, July 1, 1863. It is located along the Chambersburg Pike, just outside the town of Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
Sunset on Culp's Hill with the Cemetery Gateway in the foreground and the Soldier's Statue can be seen in the archway. © Mike Lynaugh
This monument stands today in honor of the Union Calvary who fought here in defense of Gettysburg, and the Union. © Mike Lynaugh
The gatehouse to the cemetery at Gettysburg. This gatehouse was a major major landmark during the first day's battle. © Mike Lynaugh
The Pennsylvania Monument. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to the 20th Maine at Little Round Top. This is the site where Col. Joshua Chamberlain fought off the repeated attempts by the Alabamians to take this hill on July 2, 1863. © Mike Lynaugh
The Gettysburg Seminary where General Buford watched the battle unfold on the first day of fighting at Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
The Trossle Barn, this was a major landmark during the second day of fighting here at Gettysburg. You can clearly see a cannonball hole that is still in the roof of the barn. © Mike Lynaugh
The Trossle Barn, this was a major landmark during the second day of fighting here at Gettysburg. You can clearly see a cannonball hole that is still in the roof of the barn. © Mike Lynaugh
The Gettysburg Seminary where General Buford watched the battle unfold on the first day of fighting at Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
Part of the Mississippi monument along West Confederate Avenue. © Mike Lynaugh
The memorial to General Longstreet located on West Confederate Avenue. © Mike Lynaugh
The memorial to General Longstreet located on West Confederate Avenue. © Mike Lynaugh
This statue is located on North Hancock drive right next to the visitor's center looking over the field where Pickett led his ill-fated charge against the George Meade's forces here at Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
This is a detail of the Virginia Monument at Gettysburg. On the top of this monument Robert E. Lee (not shown) stands forever overlooking the mighty field where his army suffered perhaps it's greatest defeat during the 4 years of fighting. © Mike Lynaugh
"The Sniper's Den". This is the location of one of the most controversial photographs taken during the Civil War. Photographer Alexander Gardner took a photo of what he claimed was a Confederate sniper that was shot dead in this location. It has been learned that Gardner in fact found the dead Confederate about 40 yards east of this location and moved him here and posed his body and rifle to make a more dramatic photograph. © Mike Lynaugh
A cannon on the summit of Little Round Top looking over a snowy Devil's Den. © Mike Lynaugh
The Little Round Top. It was here that General Robert E. Lee concentrated a large part of his battle plan for July 2nd. He had wanted to capture the Emmitsburg Road, and this hill was a major obstacle in that plan. The hill must be taken to safely control the Emmitsburg Road. As history has recorded, thanks to the efforts of Col. Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine (about 200 yards east of this location), Robert E. Lee's plans were not successful. © Mike Lynaugh
Sunset along West Confederate Avenue. It was along this road that General Lee lined up his men before their tragic march across the mile long field on the final day of fighting here in Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
The Soldier's National Monument in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. This monument stands in the center of the National Cemetery and is surrounded in a semi-circle of graves of those Union soldiers that fell here, most defending this hill, then called "Cemetery Hill". This is also the actual spot where President Abraham Lincoln stood while giving his Gettysburg Address. © Mike Lynaugh
The Gettysburg Address Monument in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. This has for a long time been mistaken as the location that President Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address. Just feet from this monument (not shown), there is a plaque that states, "Lincoln Address Memorial. This monument commemorates Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. The Address was delivered about 300 yards from this spot along the upper Cemetery drive. The site now marked by the Soldiers' National Monument." © Mike Lynaugh
The Codori Barn along Steinwehr Avenue. This barn sits right in the middle of the field where Pickett had his tragic charge against the Union lines during the final day of fighting at Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
The castle on the crest of Little Round Top during sunset. © Mike Lynaugh
The Trossle Barn, this was a major landmark during the second day of fighting here at Gettysburg. You can clearly see a cannonball hole that is still in the roof of the barn. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to Union General George Meade. General Meade had only been in command of the Union army for a couple days when the Confederate army, trying to sneak into the north and capture Harrisburg, collided with his army here in the town of Gettysburg. If it was not for the Union victory here, we would most likely not be the united, great country we are today. Meade, and the actions of his army in the 3 days in July 1863, did in fact save our country.  © Mike Lynaugh
A cannon on the summit of Little Round Top looking over a snowy Devil's Den. © Mike Lynaugh
Monument to the Alabamians that charged the Round Tops on July 2, 1863 located along West Confederate Ave. © Mike Lynaugh
The memorial for General George Gordon Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac during the battle of Gettysburg. © Mike Lynaugh
A rusty cannon along the road leading up to the Round Tops. © Mike Lynaugh
A monument to the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves (38th PA Infantry) located on Little Round Top. © Mike Lynaugh
The deadly "Devil's Den" © Mike Lynaugh
Overlooking the battlefield from the summit of Little Round Top. © Mike Lynaugh
The monument to General Warren on the summit of Little Round Top. © Mike Lynaugh
The Pennsylvania Monument. © Mike Lynaugh
The Wheatfield. © Mike Lynaugh
The top of the New York monument located near the Pennsylvania monument. © Mike Lynaugh
A cannon in the Wheatfield. © Mike Lynaugh
A monument to Brigadier General Alexander Hays located right near the visitor's center. © Mike Lynaugh
Sunset over the South Mountain Range as viewed from Little Round Top. © Mike Lynaugh
A monument to the Reverend Father William Corby, chaplain to the Union's Irish Brigade. © Mike Lynaugh
The statue to Jennie Wade just outside of the house she was in when she was killed during the fighting at Gettysburg. She was the only civilian in Gettysburg killed during the fighting here. © Mike Lynaugh