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Don organized a "battlefield blitz" in the afternoon. Roy, Don and Erik jumped in a rental car and batted cleanup, hitting everywhere they hadn't been yet. First stop, the National Cemetery.
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The Soldier's National Monument, dedicated July 1, 1869. It was the first of Gettysburg's grand memorials and was the site of Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address. Surrounding it are the graves of over 3500 Union dead.
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This house on the Chambersburg Pike where it crosses Seminary Ridge was used as a headquarters by Robert E. Lee during the battle.
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Headquarters marker for Robert E. Lee. "My headquarters were in tents in an apple orchard back of the Seminary along the Chambersburg Pike." R. E. Lee
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We drove to Cashtown to have lunch at the Cashtown Hotel, which was used by Gen. A. P. Hill as his headquarters on July 1, 1863.
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Built in 1797, the hotel was the first stagecoach stop west of Gettysburg. The hotel was featured prominently in one scene of the movie, Gettysburg. It is filled with photographs of the actors and filiming.
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Early photograph of the Cashtown Hotel.
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South Mountain pass at Cashtown. Crossing this pass from Chambersburg, Lee's army assembled at Cashtown on July 29-30, 1863.
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Don and Roy in the Cashtown Hotel tavern.
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