Gettysburg Day 2..on the field

Quote for the day: Gen. Sickles, at the Peach Orchard engagement when he lost his leg and his men were removing him from the field: "Get my leg lads, it's an old friend of mine and I have grown rather attached to it".
Also, there were no national cemeteries until the one at Gettysburg was established.


The front of the Eisenhower House. This was a great visit and the house is 98% original from the time of the Eisenhowers. This was so worth visiting because of the history here and because they left it for the public to view.

The room below is part of the formal sitting room and the TV shot is in the sun room, which was the Eisenhower's favorite room.

The pink room is Mamie Eisenhower's bedroom. The room and desk to the right was Dwight's temporary White Office while he recuperated from his heart attack and where he took the phone call about the U-2 incident and the shooting down of Gary Powers.

A bell with the presidential seal and Eisenhower's putting green.

Two back views of the Eisenhower House.

The Eisenhower house was sooo cool. This is the barn where he housed farm animals and farm implements. Also, it now stores 3 cars he had. The bus is the bus from the Gettysburg Visitor's center that brings people to the Eisenhower House.

Dr. Gary Gallagher on the field, expounding on the Battle of Gettysburg's 1st day.

Gettysburg vistas.................

A shot of the Michigan Volunteers--for George:)

The cupola on Seminary Ridge

This barn was in place during the battle and was used as a hospital station by mostly Union troops.

Looking away from the Eternal Peace and Unity Monument dedicated by FDR and across to Seminary Ridge and Oak Hill.

Dr. Gary Gallagher showing us the layout of the battle.

This is the view from peach orchard across the fields to Seminary Ridge. The barn in the distance was there July 1863 and way in the distance, you can see the cupola of the Luthern Seminary.

This is in the peach orchard where on July 2, the Union met the Confederates and were pushed back. This was a victory for the Confederates as they pushed forward in their attempt to deny the Union forces from taking Little Round Top. The two round tops can be seen in the photo on the left, with their monuments.

Today was amazing, hot, draining, and cool. We explored the battlefield of the 1st day of battle.
Tomorrow we visit Little Round Top, Devil's Den, and Pickett's Charge.