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Battle of Gettysburg

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

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Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9786484)

racism

thats what she said

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

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Originally Posted by Chief_For_Life58 (Post 9786498)

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.

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Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 9786511)

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by Chief_For_Life58 (Post 9786467)

Battle of Gettysburg

150 years ago today
:usa::usa::usa:

Meh.

/South

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Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 9786537)

Check out the grave of Colonel Angus.
true patriot.

An inspiration to all men

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Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 9786511)

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.

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Originally Posted by frazod (Post 9786583)

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.

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Originally Posted by siberian khatru (Post 9786607)

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

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