DAY TRIP TO GETTYSBURG..THE IRON BRIGADE AND BIG ROUND TOP

TODAY AUGUST 1, 2009 WE TOOK ONE OF OUR MONTHLY TRIPS TO GETTYSBURG. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND WE WALKED FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS VISITING MANY OF THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE BATTLEFIELD. WHILE WALKING BY THE PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT WE CAME UPON THESE REENACTORS FROM THE IRON BRIGADE, A TRULY EXCELLENT PORTRAYAL OF THE UNION SOLDIER AT GETTYSBURG. ALL I CAN SAY IS THESE GUYS WERE GREAT!


THE BLACK HAT BOYS OF THE IRON BRIGADE DRILLING IN FRONT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT
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IN THE 20+ YEARS THAT I HAVE DONE LIVING HISTORY EVENTS THESE REENACTORS ARE SOME OF THE BEST YOU WILL EVER SEE..THE IRON BRIGADE


FIRING BY THE COMPANY


THE BATTLE FLAG THAT HAS SEEN HARD SERVICE, JUST LIKE THE REAL THING!


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HOW A COMPANY OF INFANTRY WOULD HAVE LOOKED ON A HOT JULY DAY AT GETTYSBURG IN 1863


THE IRON BRIGADE BOYS AT THE CHARGE BAYONET





MARCHING OFF THE FIELD

BIG ROUND TOP PHOTO'S
AFTER WATCHING THE IRON BRIGADE BOYS FOR A WHILE WE TOOK A HIKE UP TO THE SUMMIT OF BIG ROUND TOP. MY WIFE NEVER SAW THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE MONUMENTS ON THE SUMMIT. SO UP WE WENT..THE HIKE UP IS A GOOD WORK OUT, GETS THE HEART PUMPING!


LOOKING DOWN FROM THE BASE OF ROUND TOP TO THE 118TH PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT SCHUYLKILL COUNTY HAD 5 MEN IN THIS REGIMENT...WILLIAM SIMPSON, ADAM FRANTZ SAMUEL T. BEARD, ROBERT MAINGAY AND JOSEPH L. SEIDERS OF COMPANY I.


SOME OF THE ROCK WALL BUILT BY THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AT THE BASE OF ROUND TOP


WHILE CUTTING ACROSS THE LOWER TRAIL ON ROUND TOP MY WIFE CAME ACROSS THIS PLACE THAT WAS MUCH COOLER ACTUALLY REAL COLD TEMPERATURE...MAYBE A GHOST AREA ! OH WELL I AM NOT MUCH INTO GHOSTS BUT IT WAS REALLY COLD AT THIS SPOT.




SCHUYLKILL COUNTY ONLY HAD ONE MAN WHO SERVED IN THE 119TH , ADAM DELONG IN COMPANY A








THE MONUMENT TO THE 20TH MAINE... THEIR POSITION JULY 2, IN THE EVENING.
REMEMBER IN THE EMOVIE "GETTYSBURG" WHEN THE OFFICER GAVE ORDERS TO COL. CHAMBERLIN THAT HE WOULD BE RELIVED? HE SAID WHILE OUT OF BREATH "THAT WAS A CLIMB" ...AND IT IS!






ON THE SUMMIT OF BIG ROUND TOP...MONUMENTS TO THE 5TH AND 12TH PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES SCHUYLKILL COUNTY HAD 15 MEN WHO SERVED IN THE 5TH RESERVES AND 1 MAN IN THE 12TH RESERVES.
THE MEN IN THE 5TH
CORP. JAMES PORTER
CORP. DANIEL DOHERTY
GEORGE CARR
ROBERT TROY
FRANCIS DAVIS
MARTY SULLIVAN
PATRICK CANFIELD
THOMAS CREESWELL
EDWARD FOLEY
ROBERT HAGERTY
MIKE MULLIN
JOHN PAXTON
BENJAMIN DRY
JOHN H. JOHNS HOSPITAL STEWARD
JAMES JENKINS.

IN THE 12TH WAS
MARTIN PIKE.






NO STRANGER TO THIS BATTLEFIELD A TURKEY VULTURE DRYS HIS WINGS IN A TREE ON THE SUMMIT OF BIG ROUND TOP




AND TWO MORE ARRIVE, THEY SAY AFTER THE BATTLE THOUSANDS OF THEM ARRIVED ON THE BATTLEFIED!