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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:00 pm

The significant word UNKNOWN

Photos are from one section of the Unknown dead at Gettysburg National Cemetery. It is so sad to see all of the numbered squares which mark the unknown graves. It's so sad to think that each one of them represents someone's husband, father, brother, friend, etc and their loved ones never knew where they were, always hoping and wishing for them to come back.

Journaling says:
Only as a result of the Civil War did the United States government become involved with honoring the military dead by the creation of a system of national cemeteries. During the Civil War accurate accounting of the wounded and dead was nearly impossible and as a result nearly 40% of Union soldiers perished with only the name "unknown." Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for over 3,500 Union soldiers. Among them are 979 unknown soldiers whose graves are marked only by a small marble square and number. Identifying bodies during the Civil War were usually done by friends, comrades, or through personal effects found on the body, but often the name of the victim was still unknown. There are stories of soldiers who before battles would write their name on a piece of paper to be placed in their pocket as an attempt to make sure if they fell their name would not be lost. The casualty lists reported back home were highly inaccurate. Families were eager for any information about their loved ones, but many never learned where or how their loved ones perished. As Walt Whitman said the Civil War made the designation "unknown" significant.

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:00 pm

Story of Liberty

A close up of the four allegorical statues on the Soldier's national monument at Gettysburg National Cemetery

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:01 pm

The Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter

One of the most iconic photos from Gettysburg of a lone dead Confederate soldier.

Journaling says:
One of the most famous photographs taken of the Gettysburg battlefield is of a lonely dead Confederate lying behind a barricade of stones at Devil’s Dens. The photograph was taken on either July 5 or 6, 1863 by Alexander Gardner and two associates, James Gibson and Timothy O‘Sullivan. Gardner claimed the photograph was a sharpshooter killed at his post, but it was later discovered this was a hoax. The photo had been staged by Gardner who with his associates had positioned the body and scattered war relics around it. The final touch was standing the rifle up against the stones. This was a rifle that Gardner had used in other photographs. They took two photos before moving on to photograph other areas of the battlefield. The identity of the soldier has been lost to time. Though the photograph was staged, it remains a powerful reminder of all the lives lost during the course of the battle and have all those who would never get to return home to their families.

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:49 pm

The Castle

The 44th New York Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park, commonly referred to as "the Castle."

Journaling says:
One of the largest and most expensive regimental monuments is the large granite castle honoring the men and officers of the 44th New York Infantry and two companies of the 12th New York Infantry. The monument was designed by Daniel Butterfield who was a former regimental commander of the 12th and the first brigade commander of the 44th. The dimensions of the monument were deliberately designed to represent the two units. The tower is 44 feet high to represent the 44th. The interior chamber of the castle is 12 feet square to honor the 12th New York Infantry. Inside there is a spiral staircase that leads to an observation desk. Bronze plaques with the complete muster rolls can be found inside chamber. Also in the chamber are bas reliefs of two former officers, General Francis Barlow and General Butterfield who were presented at Gettysburg in other capacities. The 44th New York was raised as a memorial to Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth who was the first Union officer killed in the war. When the war began he raised a regiment of 2,300 men. He was ordered to occupy Alexandria, VA. When he got there and saw a Confederate flag flying from the roof of the Marshal House Hotel he went up to personally take it down. When he came down he was confronted by the hotel’s proprietor who shot and killed him. As he laid in state in Albany, local citizens began plans to create a unit to honor Ellsworth. The goal of the unit was to include a man from each ward or town from New York. The unit was to be called the “People’s Ellsworth Regiment” or “Ellsworth’s Avengers. Though the unit never quite fulfilled the goal of total representation, the 44th New York had a unique make-up.

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:52 pm

The Stalwart Oak Tree

The 90th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park

Journaling says:
The "stalwart oak tree" of the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry is one of the most unusual monuments. The monument was carved to look like a tree that had been torn and broken by artillery fire. Hanging from the shattered branches are a knapsack, canteen, an rifled musket. Ivy made from bronze has begun to climb the trunk. At the top on one of the broken limbs is a robin's nest with a mother bird perched atop it. The birds were meant to represent the regeneration of life amidst the battle debris.

the story behind the monument was never written down, but one variation that has been handed down through the years says that during the battle there was a large oak tree near the 90th Pennsylvania that was struck by an artillery shell. The tree splintered and large pieces and branches fell around the men. Among the debris was a robin's nest filled with babies who were somehow unharmed. A soldier who had seen what happened risked his life to help the baby birds. he climbed up the stump and replaced the nest. There isn't a way to prove whether or not the incident happened, but the tree with the nest combines to create a unique monument.

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:53 pm

The tragic death of Jennie Wade

Journaling Says:
One of the most tragic events of the battle of Gettysburg occurred on July 3, 1863 when a stray bullet pierced the heart of 20-year-old Mary Virginia "Jennie" Wade while she kneaded bread for the Union soldiers.

Jennie worked as a seamstress in Gettysburg with her mother. They lived on Breckenridge Street in central Gettysburg. On the first day of the battle the family went to the sturdy brick Baltimore street home of Jennie's sister, Georgia McClellan who had just given birth to a baby boy. On July 1 Jennie distributed bread and water to nearby Union troops. More than 150 bullets had hit the home during the first day of fighting. Late on July 2 the supply of bread was dwindling so Jennie and her mother left the yeast to rise until morning. On July 3 at about 7:00 AM Confederate sharpshooters began firing. Jennie and her mother began the process of making biscuits about 8:00 AM. At 8:30 AM while Jennie was kneading the bread dough a bullet struck Jennie beneath the left shoulder blade, pierced her heart, and became embedded in her corset. She was killed instantly. The bullet that had killed her had past through two doors before striking her. No one knows for sure which side fired the fatal bullet. Union soldiers came when they heard her mother and sister crying helped to move her to the cellar. Jennie was temporarily buried in the backyard in a coffin that had been constructed for a Confederate officer. Jennie's body was moved to a local cemetery in early 1864. After the war was over she was finally laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery. Jennie was the only civilian killed during the battle of Gettysburg.

Perhaps the most tragic part of the story is that Jennie's fiancé Corporal Johnston Hastings "Jack" Smelly had been wounded on May 13 and died in a hospital in Virginia on July 12, never knowing that Jennie had been killed. He is buried near her in Evergreen Cemetery.

After the war Jennie's sister Georgia's family moved to Iowa where Georgia was involved with the Women's Relief Corps (WRC). At an WRC convention in 1900 they decided to erect a statue on Jennie's grave. The organization raised money and selected Anna Miller to create the statue. It was dedicated on September 16, 1901 with many members of the Iowa WRC present including Jennie's sister Georgia. In 1910 the Gettysburg Association of Iowa Women purchased a flagstaff to be placed by the grave. The flag flown here is permitted by law to fly day and night. Each year the Women's Relief Corps sends two new flags to fly over the grave.

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:54 pm

Michigan Day at Gettysburg

Photos of the 8 Michigan monuments at Gettysburg. The quote on the left page was from the dedication of the Michigan monuments on June 12, 1889.

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“Long after we shall have passed away shall these silent monuments, dumb and speechless though they be, proclaim the deep and lasting gratitude of a great people to their heroic dead.” - Gen. L. S. Trowbridge

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:54 pm

Indiana State memorial

The Indiana State Memorial at Gettysburg National MIlitary Park.

Journaling Says:
In March, 1885 the state of Indiana appropriated $3,000 to create suitable monuments at Gettysburg, but the money was only enough to create simple, unadorned markers. After the 50th anniversary ceremonies in 1913 many from Indiana expressed their mortification at the small Indiana monuments that had been created. They felt that they were not in keeping with the what the other states had done. It would be another 55 years before something was done. In 1968 the governor of Indiana appointed a commission to oversee the construction of a large state monument. The monument was built in the fall of 1970 and formally dedicated on July 1, 1971.

The site selected for the monument in Spangler’s meadow was where the 27th Indian bravely fought and incurred tremendous casualties. The monument consists of two ten-foot pylons on either side of the die. Limestone from Bedford, IN was used for the benches that flank the monument, the path leading up to it, and for the terrace beneath it.

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:55 pm

The Orange Blossoms

The 124th New York Infantry monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Journaling Says:
The 124th New York monument is the only monument to feature a full length portrait statue of a regimental commander - Colonel A. Van Horne Ellis. The unit was recruited mostly in Orange county, New York and was known as the "Orange Blossoms." The 124th New York Infantry monument was the first New York regimental monument at Gettysburg. The statue of Colonel Ellis on the top shows him as he was supposed to have stood watching Robertson's Texas brigade advance towards his unit's position with his arms folded. Ellis would later be killed in the fighting on Horck's Ridge.

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Post  Melissa Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:55 pm

The fearless sons of Erin

The Irish Brigade monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Journaling says:
One of the most distinctive monuments at Gettysburg is for the Irish brigade. The Irish Brigade was formed by Thomas Francis Meagher, a former Irish revolutionary. The unit participated in most of the major battles in the East, but suffered heavy losses at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. The Irish Brigade was made up of 5 all-Irish regiments: the 63rd, 69th, and 88th New York, 28th Massachusetts, and 116th Pennsylvania. At Gettysburg the entire brigade numbered 530 men, which is the size of an understrength regiment. The unite would suffer 214 casualties during the fighting on July 2.

The Irish Brigade monument honors the 3 New York regiments who combined their state appropriation money to create the monument. The shaft of the monument is made up of polished granite in the shape of a Celtic Cross with bronze insets. At the top of the cross is the trefoil symbol of the 2nd Corps. Below the trefoil symbol are 5 medallions that represent the 3 regiments, the state seal of New York, and the seal of Ireland. At the base is a bronze Irish wolf hound to represent faith and devotion.

The members of the Irish Brigade chose to honor the 14th New York Independent battery who were apart of the original Irish Brigade by including a plaque on the base representing an artillery battery in action.

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Post  Melissa Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:10 am

Each Moment

Photo of the sunset at Gettysburg National Military Park from September 2009. Title is a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Post  Melissa Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:11 am

Sacrifice

The 27th Connecticut monument in the Wheatfield at Gettysburg.

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Post  Melissa Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:11 am

Silent Monument

Photo of the 4th Michigan Infantry Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Journaling is a quote from the dedication ceremony. it says:

“Silent monument to the dead, rear your stately structure towards the heavens, and standing here, the faithful sentinel to mark the spot where our gallant comrades laid all they had in priceless sacrifice upon the altar of their country, tell in mute eloquence to our countrymen of today, and to the millions yet unborn, of the cost and value of American liberty, that standing ‘neath thy shadow, and recounting the story of those who died here, they may catch the inspiration of loytaly and fidelity to the Union that shall last for a lifetime." - Address by Captain L. H. Salsbury

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4th Michigan Infantry

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Post  Melissa Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:12 am

Pup tent

The 32nd Massachusetts Infantry Monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Journaling says:
The 32nd Massachusetts designed their monument to look like a soldier's tent, commonly called a "pup tent." S. C. Spaulding who designed the tent served in the 32nd Massachusetts. It is an appropriate reminder of an important part of a soldier's everyday life.

The monument is located where the 32nd fired from as they defended the Wheatfield. Those that were wounded were carried about 50 yards to the rear to an advanced field hospital that was established by one of the unit's surgeons, Z. Boylston Adams. Adams patched up the wounded as best as he could before sending them on to a larger field hospital. A year after the pup tend monument was dedicated the unit placed a bronze plaque on a group of boulders located behind the 5th Michigan Infantry monument that had sheltered the wounded.

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Post  Melissa Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:13 am

First Shot

The monument marking the first shot of the battle of Gettysburg

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Post  Melissa Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:13 am

From a distance

Photos of the Pennsylvania State Monument at Gettysburg from a distance. It's just as pretty far away as it is up close.

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Post  Melissa Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:14 am

These honored dead

Photos of Gettysburg National Cemetery

Journaling says:
Gettysburg National Cemetery, originally known as Soldier's National Cemetery, was created not long after the battle was over as a place to properly bury the Union soldiers after many of the hastily dug shallow graves were unearthed by the wind and rain. It is located on the battlefield near what would have been the center of the Union line on Cemetery Hill. William Saunders was the landscape architect responsible for designing Soldier's National Cemetery. His design called for the Soldier's National Monument to be at the center to "promote the Union victory and valor of the fallen soldiers." It was also designed with the graves arranged in a series of semicircles around the monument. The graves are arranged by state. There are also two sections for the unknowns and one for the regular army. The cemetery was dedicated on November 19, 1863 and attended by 10,000 citizens. The key speaker that day was Edward Everett whose speech lasted two hours, but it was the "Gettysburg Address" by President Abraham Lincoln that everyone remembers. The cemetery was completed in March 1864 when the last of the 3.512 Union soldiers were buried there. It was transferred to the War Department on May 1, 1872 and became a National cemetery. Today the National Park Service maintains it. In total there are more than 6,000 individuals buried there who served in a number of American wars including the Mexican-American War to more current wars. Of the 3,512 Union soldiers buried there, are 979 who are known only as "unknown."

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Post  Melissa Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:14 am

Hallowed Ground

I created this to honor the 148th Anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.

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