Gettysburg The site of some of the most brutal fighting of the war, in a town that was never meant to hold such carnage (if any ever were).  A battle begun out of bad timing and fought in the brutal, humid July heat.  This would mark the "High Tide of the Confederacy," and the end of Lee's hopes to bring the war into the North.  To learn more, visit the Gettysburg battle site, here.

Little Round Top - a hill of immense importance to both sides.  Here, from behind this cannon, you can see why this place was so vital: from it, your cannons can command the countryside.

The New York monument atop Little Round Top

Admiring the view from the hill

The view from Culp's Hill, from the observation tower built atop it.

The chaperones made it to the top, too.

Learning to march in formation - two rows deep, shoulder-to-shoulder.Now just add wool uniforms and July heat, and we'll be ready for combat.

The marchers execute a wheel-turn, pivoting on one edge.As soldiers are killed, the others move in to fill the gap.

The toll of war: this house still has a Civil War cannonball stuck in it, to your left.  Amazingly, only one civilian was killed in the battle - shot by a stray bullet when she came up from the cellar to bake bread for the soldiers.

This statue is in honor of one of Gettysburg's elders who picked up his gun and joined the fight.

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