Final got there this weekend. I guess its appropriate to get there on Memorial Day weekend. It is a place that would be great if everyone could go to see in their lifetime, especially those people in this country with a growing hate for our country - they might change their mind after making the trip. Even got to look at old tractors there. Eisenhower had a farm there which is now a museum. He had an AC that looked like a WD45 to me, a JD 620 and a MF 65, gas. The whole area of Gettysburg is one amazing place.
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tomstractorsandtoys
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Go an hour southwest to Antietam Battlefield for an even better experience. Antietam has no commercialism like Gettysburg. It is all farmland. The town of Sharpsburg does not even have a gas station and only one or two places to eat with no fast food places. Lots of history. Tom
47fivewindow
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- Location
- Davidsonville Md.
Imagine being ordered to charge across that field toward the Yankees on the hill. Unbelievable bravery.
Phil9N3667
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Wife and I were there in September last year, a misty, drizzly day, but still got out and looked a lot. There's a whole lot of Monday morning quarterbacking about how Lee could have done things differently, but probably wouldn't have changed the outcome of the war. Most amazing fact to me was the Confederate's return caravan was 17 miles long heading back!! The little dog that was with one group was another neat story, Sally, I think was her name!!
WalJohn
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- Location
- Southside Virginia
My GGgrandfather made the walk for Pickett with the 57th Virginia Infantry.
I read an interesting story regarding the
charge that an elderly man told to one of
the battlefield guides. In his youth he
was a boy scout. At the 75th reunion the
scouts we're each assigned an elderly
veteran to help them about and render first
aid if needed. On the third day some of
the Confederate veterans decided to walk
across the field they had charged across in
their youth including the gent our young
scout was assigned to. They slowly made
their way in silence from Seminary ridge
across the fields toward the union
position. About two thirds of the way
across the old veteran stopped and looked
around. Finally the scout asked him if he
was ok. The vet turned to him and said "we
can go back now". Removing his hat he
revealed a long scar across his head where
no hair grew " this is as far as I got".
charge that an elderly man told to one of
the battlefield guides. In his youth he
was a boy scout. At the 75th reunion the
scouts we're each assigned an elderly
veteran to help them about and render first
aid if needed. On the third day some of
the Confederate veterans decided to walk
across the field they had charged across in
their youth including the gent our young
scout was assigned to. They slowly made
their way in silence from Seminary ridge
across the fields toward the union
position. About two thirds of the way
across the old veteran stopped and looked
around. Finally the scout asked him if he
was ok. The vet turned to him and said "we
can go back now". Removing his hat he
revealed a long scar across his head where
no hair grew " this is as far as I got".
Didn't Ike also have a Cockshutt gave to him from the Company or was it a Black Hawk ? and was it something special just for him ? I spent a lot of time in Gettysburg Pa. back in the 80's My friend and I used to set up on Little Round Top and look over the battle field until the Park closed for the night. You can go all over it and see names that will trace back to you. A very interesting thing to do. My friend still lives there and she still goes for walks on the park. . Old Scovy
Goose
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We were there a number of years ago when our daughter still lived in Washington DC.
Our daughter arranged this ahead of time. We drove her car up from DC and when we arrived at Gettysburg a tour guide got behind the wheel of the car and drove us around the area on a personal tour.
It was a lot more relaxed and informal than a guided tour, and actually cost less.
One of my favorite characters from the Civil War is Josh Chamberlain. As a Union Colonel, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for ordering the downhill bayonet charge off of Little Round Top. He was a language professor at Bedouin University in Maine and requested a leave of absence to join the Union Army. His request was denied, so he requested a sabbatical to study in Europe for two years. When his sabbatical was approved--instead of going to Europe he joined the Union Army. Anecdotes abound about his service.
He went on to become a Lieutenant General, and after the war served several terms a governor of Maine.
Our daughter arranged this ahead of time. We drove her car up from DC and when we arrived at Gettysburg a tour guide got behind the wheel of the car and drove us around the area on a personal tour.
It was a lot more relaxed and informal than a guided tour, and actually cost less.
One of my favorite characters from the Civil War is Josh Chamberlain. As a Union Colonel, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for ordering the downhill bayonet charge off of Little Round Top. He was a language professor at Bedouin University in Maine and requested a leave of absence to join the Union Army. His request was denied, so he requested a sabbatical to study in Europe for two years. When his sabbatical was approved--instead of going to Europe he joined the Union Army. Anecdotes abound about his service.
He went on to become a Lieutenant General, and after the war served several terms a governor of Maine.
Steve@Advance
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There is a Civil War museum here in Ft Worth, Tx.
The building is divided down the middle, Union on the north end, Confederate on the south.
Just about every display of armament has a list of how many of the items were made, and were made available to the troops. The differences in numbers between the Confederate and Union, both in armament and troops is astounding!
What the South did with what they had is unbelievable! By the numbers, that war should have been over before it even started.
The building is divided down the middle, Union on the north end, Confederate on the south.
Just about every display of armament has a list of how many of the items were made, and were made available to the troops. The differences in numbers between the Confederate and Union, both in armament and troops is astounding!
What the South did with what they had is unbelievable! By the numbers, that war should have been over before it even started.
Bruce from Can.
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- Location
- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
Wife and I went in 2016, well worth the trip. To actually see the terrain. , the hills, the valleys. The location of the Lutheran Seminary, and the distance to Cemetery ridge. Being able to see it all in perspective was great. My very northern wife is standing at the gates to the Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address. She got the blue hat, I got a grey one from the sovereign shop. I agree that everyone should go and see the battle field, and try to understand how the battle unfolded, and the sacrifices made there.
Married2Allis
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Horrific battle, and the aftermath and cleanup was also horrible for the towns people and locals. Many thousands of dead bodies and horses everywhere stinking in the hot summer sun. Both armies abandoned their dead and wounded. Was a massive effort to bury bodies in most cases just shallow graves later dug up by animals. Reports of flies covering fences near bodies, and skies fillled with buzzards.
RedMF40
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One of my favorite characters from the Civil War is Josh Chamberlain. As a Union Colonel, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for ordering the downhill bayonet charge off of Little Round Top.
Maybe you read the book Killer Angels, which recounts the events leading up to Gettysburg and the battle itself. I read it at the suggestion of a friend who is a Civil War historian, and then we walked the battlefield and she pointed out the areas described in the book. On her wall is a framed letter or note (I forget which) signed by Chamberlain. It was a gift from her dad.
As mentioned, Antietam is also a good place to visit. I believe it was the single bloodiest battle of the war--in one day. I remember driving through on a special anniversary where they'd lit small lights to commemorate all those who'd fallen. At nightfall, some of these set the grass ablaze and the effect was that of a battlefield after the fighting was over. Re-enactors huddled around campfires--it was a sobering and moving effect.
Maybe you read the book Killer Angels, which recounts the events leading up to Gettysburg and the battle itself. I read it at the suggestion of a friend who is a Civil War historian, and then we walked the battlefield and she pointed out the areas described in the book. On her wall is a framed letter or note (I forget which) signed by Chamberlain. It was a gift from her dad.
As mentioned, Antietam is also a good place to visit. I believe it was the single bloodiest battle of the war--in one day. I remember driving through on a special anniversary where they'd lit small lights to commemorate all those who'd fallen. At nightfall, some of these set the grass ablaze and the effect was that of a battlefield after the fighting was over. Re-enactors huddled around campfires--it was a sobering and moving effect.
It was a 1955 Cockshutt Blackhawk 40 given to him by the OH, IN and PA Farm Bureaus in Nov, 1955. When he saw the radio and cigarette lighter he exclaimed; "What won't they think of next?" Pretty funny. That was the only tractor I saw there. I believe he had some neighboring farmer make hay there. He was a "gentleman farmer" in every sense. My brother used to say: "The way to farm is the way Dwight Eisenhower farms." As I recall, some big Texas oilman paid for a lot of it.
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