Gettysburg Rock Carvings Map Gettysburg’s landscape holds many carved markings created by soldiers and visitors during and after the battle. These carvings provide direct evidence of personal presence, movement, and memory across the field. The map on this page will...
Recently a friend of mine asked me to do a Then and Now overlay of some dead Confederate soldiers who were buried in the Rose Farm at Gettysburg. Based on some previous research, he was seeking out the original location where these brave soldiers were buried and...
I had an opportunity to spend some time in Gettysburg during the 150th anniversary celebration. What a very cool experience to be in that historic spot at that time. I really can’t explain it but even though we, as a family, go there about once a...
We had the unique opportunity to be invited to join author JD Petruzzi at the First Shot Marker that commemorates the start of the Battle of Gettysburg. What made it extra special was that we were there, on that spot where 150 years ago Marcellus Jones fired...
Hi. As you know I have a project called Civil War Sallie and she recently visited Fords Theater in Washington DC so I thought I would share her post here on my dad’s blog. I just came back from a busy few days at the National Education...
The National Park Service has created a series of lesson plans known as Teaching with Historic Places and one of those historic places is Gettysburg. Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg is one such lesson plan. This lesson plan starts with an inquiry...
