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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

July 06, 2016



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Though any time in Gettysburg is great, there’s something special about sunrises and sunsets. This particular sunset photo has a point of interest: at center left you’ll see some black shapes highlighted against the sky next to a clump of trees. Those are your run-of-the-mill battlefield deer. Deer-watching has always been a favorite activity of mine when touring the fields at night, though seeing that pair of eyes glowing in the dark is a little unsettling. I’ve seen deer on McPherson’s Ridge, jumping over the stone walls along Confederate Avenue, hiding on Culp’s Hill . . . this photo was taken near the 19TH Indiana monument at Reynolds’ Woods, and overlooks McPherson’s Ridge and Reynolds Avenue.


**HONORED TODAY**

CPL. ROBERT T. NEWELL
Co. D, 19TH Maine Infantry

Died July 16, 1863


Cpl. Newell enlisted in July 1862 and was killed weeks before his one-year mark. He was a mechanic by trade and was mortally wounded in the thigh, requiring amputation. He died just a few weeks later and was buried at Gettysburg’s National Cemetery.


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