First I need to tell you: a Friday in late May is probably not the best time to visit this historic site. So many school busses full of middle-schoolers on field trips. To start the visitor center was nearly impassable, and then they all hit the road. We took pains to avoid the busses as much as possible.
There are too many monuments to photograph and include them all. You certainly get a feeling for the incredible loss of life which occurred here, especially among the Confederate troops. I wonder if any of my forebears were here.
Battlefield of the first day.
A memorial to the faithful dog who waited each day and met his soldier after the battle each night.
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The position of the south in the major battles below:
Here General Lee apologized to his troops for causing their slaughter.
And here is why the Confederates lost so badly: sharpshooters on the superior position of Little Round Top.
Rocks the size of cars provided cover from below.
And here lied the bodies of the dead.
A deluge started as we reached the Pennsylvania Memorial.
