Battle of Gettysburg
 

150 years ago today
Interesting animated map:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields...-animated-map/

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racism

thats what she said

PIIHB

Yeah, I guess that's right. I'll bet the place is mobbed right now.

has anyone ever been? id really like to check it out some day

Twice. Once as a teen, another as a married adult, where we stayed in a bed and breakfast on the battlefield. I loved it both times (but then, I'm a battlefield nut).

I have not been since they redid the visitor's center a few years ago. I really want to go back to see that, and to walk the battlefield again because it's so neat.

Walking Pickett's Charge in the summer is something else. You get the scale of the situation they faced.

Check out the grave of Colonel Angus.
true patriot.

I was 14 when I was there. I'm a history nut and so glad we went there as part of a vacation.

How Lee thought Pickett's men going that far in wide open spaces was a good idea is mind-boggling.

Meh.

/South

An inspiration to all men

It really helps to be there in person. I went to the Little Bighorn Battlefield several years ago - you really get a sense of how isolated Custer's men were from the rest of the troops, and just isolated in hostile territory in general. Seemingly takes forever to drive from place to place - can't imagine what it would have been like on a horse. It's a long, long way from Weir Point (the closest a rescue mission got before being turned back) to the spot he and his men were killed.

Sadly, I've never been to Gettysburg - made plans to go a couple of times, but they were always derailed by something. Someday.

Oh, man, as much as you are into military history, you would love it. You have to go. Bucket list.

Twelve thousand men killed in three hours near devil's den. Un-describable fear and yet they kept fighting. And the guys defending Little Round Top ran out of ammo so they fixed bayonets and charged... This after they had been assaulted all morning and all day.

Definitely. It's not lack of wanting to go that's kept me away.

pretty awesome.

Lee was going to wreck havoc and chaos to Harrisburg, PA and destroy one of the North's main railroad arteries of supply.

He was sidetracked, should have kept moving north by northeast and kept to the original plan, strategically the north had a superior location with their army he should've known to move on. The south was going to fail anyway just a matter of time for the beat down, Lee just hurried it along.

That old carpetbagger?

I don't think so. If not for the conscription act and a near unlimited supply of Irish Immigrants, I think it would have raged to a draw

A carpetbagger was from the North. A Scalawag was from the South. :thumb:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Riccio

Sons of the South

Please, that was a 150 yrs. ago...it seems we may have another one on our hand's RIGHT NOW!

Been there a few times but took the kids last July.

Took this pic of my favorite spot. The monument at the site of the Gettysburg address.

Once many years ago. I would consider it a must.

Having played Terrible Swift Sword a few times I can attest to the very difficult position the Confederates are in in this battle.

i was in reading ,PA on job, and we were gonna go in 2006, but they were taking the Chinese customer along

and I hated all those assholes
so I would not go
major regret , after I watched the ken burns civil war


I still don't like Chinese people who take our jobs
no problem with Chinese people being people

the stand in front of a tank guy is my favorite photo

I ended up drinking the "kgb" guy under the table with tequilla shots

I think I won he threw up, and passed out
I only fell down a flight of stairs