Gettysburg!! Wahoo!

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Aaron! First time ever taking Scenic shots!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

They are exceptional landscape shots. I've never been up there but you've got me wanting to go now.

 

[B-17engineer]

Tons of fun!

 

[RabidAlien]

Did you get to do any of the ghost tours? That whole area is supposed to be massively haunted. In fact, all the locals will tell you that if you watch the movie "Gettysburg" (excellent movie, BTW!!!), during the scene of Picket's Charge, the Confederate troops actually make it to the stone wall and engage in a little bit of hand-to-hand with Union troops, and are driven back. During the filming, there were a certain number of extras who were told to drop somewhere in the field. They did. A handful make it to the wall, fight, and retreat. During the editing of the movie, a massive wave of Confederates reach the wall and start fighting! But they weren't there in reality. The ghosts of those who died in the Charge had one last opportunity to make it to the wall, and they did.

Or so the story goes.

 

[B-17engineer]

Nah, didn't get the tours

But I want to see the movie

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[evangilder]

Neat stuff, Harrison. I only get to see re-enactments out here, you are seeing the actual sites.

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Guys! The actual site is really cool. When your actually there you really get the feel of what the Union was defending, why Gettysburg was important, and why Pickett's charge was a disaster.

 

[GrauGeist]

Definately see the movie Gettysburg...and while you're at it, see the movie "Of Gods and Generals"...

Be prepared though, Gettysburg is a long movie.

 

[B-17engineer]

Yea, isn't it 4 hours? My dad is running out today to buy it or something like that.

 

[GrauGeist]

Yep...about 4 hours, so bring a bunch of snacks

 

[B-17engineer]

hehe. That'll probably be my afternoon if we watch it today.. .Football, Movie, bed.

 

[Lucky13]

Well impressed H, well done, great thread!

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Jan! I had a great time!

 

[Lucky13]

It's a place that I want to visit as well.....one day, I hope!

 

[B-17engineer]

Yes. It interests me how strategic Gettysburg was to the person who held the town. It has 10 roads (!) going into it, which means many routes for a supply train.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

Great pictures B-17.


Wheels

 

[diddyriddick]

Very cool, Harrison! Glad you had fun. Love the scenics looking across Devil's Den. Did you spend any time at the cemetary?

Makes me want to go back again!

 

[B-17engineer]

Yes I did . That was the first day, forgot camera. So I made up during the second day

 

[B-17engineer]

All of these were taken from a moving car. They are all the area of Pickett's charge and the house was a converted field hospital.