July 03, 2013

***Just for the three days of the 150^TH anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, July 01 – 03, I’m going to make a special post with photos that concern the particular day of battle. Today’s photos will include battlegrounds relevant to July 03^RD, 1863*** --- After the 3^RD I’ll go back to my regular schedule of posting Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

 150 years ago, fighting occurred at the following places, as well as others not depicted.

***Honoring every soldier who gave his life on July 03^RD, 1863, both blue and gray.***

PICKETT-PETTIGREW-TRIMBLE CHARGE

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1: Across the fields of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge

2: "High Water Mark" monument artillery and stack of cannonballs

3: View of Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge seen from Copse of Trees

 

THE ANGLE

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1: Rhode Island artillery near the stone wall at the Angle

2: Stone wall and the 26TH North Carolina Infantry monument

3: Rhode Island artillery and a distant view of the Copse of Trees

  

ZIEGLER'S GROVE

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1: The Abraham Bryan or Brian farm at Ziegler's Grove

2: Ziegler's Grove

3: Abraham Bryan barn on the field of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge

EAST CAVALRY FIELD

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1: Confederate artillery, Jackson's Battery, Stuart's Horse Artillery

2: "A Violent Collision of Cavalry" marker along Custer Avenue

3: Jackson's Battery, Stuart's Horse Artillery, among the trees

(c) 2013 Skies of Blue and Gray