Thousand flood Gettysburg for Civil War battle’s 150th anniversary

Jul 6, 2013

Thousand flood Gettysburg for Civil War battle’s 150th anniversary

Jerry Jackson 8 Comments Maryland, Nation, The Baltimore Sun Civil War, Gettysburg

This month, more than 8,000 Civil War re-enactors are marking the 150th anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. In 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was routed during the doomed frontal assault, considered the turning point in the Civil War and a watershed moment in U.S. history. Union and Confederate armies suffered a combined total of up to 51,000 casualties over three days, the highest number of any battle in the four-year war.

: A soldier stands by his morning fire as the Confederate camp awakens at dawn during re-enactment activities recognizing the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 6, 2013. Gettysburg officials are expecting 250,000 visitors to visit the small south-central Pennsylvania borough of about 7,700 residents for the anniversary. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

: A soldier tends his morning camp stove fire as the Confederate camp awakens at dawn during re-enactment activities recognizing the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 6, 2013. Gettysburg officials are expecting 250,000 visitors to visit the small south-central Pennsylvania borough of about 7,700 residents for the anniversary.

: Soldiers salute their colors as the Confederate camp awakens at dawn during re-enactment activities recognizing the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 6, 2013. Gettysburg officials are expecting 250,000 visitors to visit the small south-central Pennsylvania borough of about 7,700 residents for the anniversary. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

: A Confederate soldier reads as his camp awakens at dawn during re-enactment activities recognizing the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 6, 2013. Gettysburg officials are expecting 250,000 visitors to visit the small south-central Pennsylvania borough of about 7,700 residents for the anniversary. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

: Maxime, left and James Bielaszka-DuVernay of Sparks look at weapons carried by Confederate soldiers at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Xavier Serrano, 11, of Millsboro, Delaware, watches as Union troops do a demonstration of artillery at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Joe Becton of Philadelphia, who is with the 3rd Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops, stands with fellow soldiers at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Boy Scout Venture Crewe 1861, portraying the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Corps field musicians, perform at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. They are from Lancaster county, PA. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Lorelai Jenkins, 8, climbs on a cannon as her dad Chris Jenkins stands on right at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. They are from Elkridge. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Dave Barber of Annapolis, with Company C of the 2nd Maryland Confederate States of America, leans on his rifle at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. His ancestor, Joseph Barber, fought in the Civil War. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Jake Nott, portraying a Confederate soldier in the 4th Virginia Company, adjusts his hat at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: John Bryner, 12, left, gets a lesson in Civil War drumming from musician Johnny Chapman, right, of Lockport NY. Mr. Chapman is from the Reynolds’ Battery 1st New York Light Artillery brigade and was performing at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Lisa Donnelly of Kissimmee FL, whose ancestor fought with the 4th Ohio regiment in the Civil War, dressed in his honor with her Scottish tartan costume at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: This is a detail of a Confederate soldier’s boots at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Confederate soldiers’ laundry hangs in a living history camp at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Confederate re-enactors portraying the 4th Virginia Company gather at one of the living history encampments at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Maxim Bielaszka-DuVernay of Sparks MD, left, takes a photo of a Confederate regiment at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: National Park visitors watch a Confederate infantry demonstration at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Visitors walk by the Pennsylvania monument at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Union Artillery soldiers take a break between firing their canon at the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors launch an evening attack during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors march towards Union positions during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Some 8,000 re-enactors from the Blue Gray Alliance participated in the event, marking the 150th anniversary of the July 1-3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was routed during the doomed frontal assault, considered the turning point in the Civil War and a watershed moment in U.S. history. Union and Confederate armies suffered a combined total of up to 51,000 casualties over three days, the highest number of any battle in the four-year war. Pickett’s charge was named for the Confederate Maj. General George Pickett, whose division of rebel troops was decimated in the attack. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Jim Jones, 65, acting out a first Wisconsin Raider, poses for a portrait after Pickett’s Charge at the finale of the Blue Gray Alliance reenactment during Bue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: A Confederate Civil War re-enactor shoots at Union soldiers during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: A Confederate Civil War re-enactor shoots at Union soldiers during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Union and Confederate re-enactors skirmish during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: A Confederate Civil War re-enactor “expires” on the battlefield at the end of Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors march towards Union lines during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors march towards Union lines during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: “Wounded” Civil War re-enactors litter the battlefield at the end of Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors flee the battlefield following Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: An ambulance departs at the end of Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Several people were taken away from the event due to heat exhaustion. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors litter the battlefield at the end of Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors push past wounded commrades towards the Union line while performing Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors flee the battlefield following Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: American Civil War re-enactors clash during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors march towards Union lines during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade rest before launching an evening battle as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: American Civil War re-enactors clash during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors gather wood to cook at sunset as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade participate in a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactor Randy Whitaker from Hood’s Texas Brigade displays the Texas flag during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Union Civil War re-enactors repulse an evening attack as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade launch an evening attack on Union troops as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade prepare for an evening attack on Union forces during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: American Civil War re-enactors take shelter from a downpoar during an evening ball as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade leave in defeat after an evening attack on Union troops as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Union Civil War re-enactors charge towards Confederate troops as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors rest during a break in the three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade return to camp at sunset during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade march into position for an evening attack on Union troops as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Tents shelter Confederate Civil War re-enactors from an evening rain storm during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: A Union Civil War re-enactor walks with spectators after taking part in a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: A young Civil War re-enactor from Hood’s Texas Brigade walks at dusk during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade participate in a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Union Civil War re-enactors fire on Confederate troops as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors prepare a meal during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Tents shelter Confederate Civil War re-enactors from an evening rain storm during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade launch an evening attack as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors ride after re-enacting part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade launch an evening attack on Union troops as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors walk at sunset during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors march for an evening attack during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War Union re-enactors lie where they were “shot” during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade march into position for an evening attack on Union troops as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade (L), surrender to Union troops as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade rest in camp during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Re-enactors meet in the rain while taking a break from a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Civil War re-enactors from Hood’s Texas Brigade lie where they were “shot” as part of a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: American Civil War re-enactors play poker while taking a break from a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: A Union cavalry re-enactor charges his Confederate counterparts during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: An actor playing a Union soldier displays a costume wound after Pickett’s Charge reenactment at the finale of the Blue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Union volunteers march in before Pickett’s Charge at the finale of the Blue Gray Alliance reenactment during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Union volunteer drummer boys await the charge to begin Pickett’s Charge at the finale of the Blue Gray Alliance reenactment during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Federal and Confederate troops reenact Pickett’s Charge at the finale of the Blue Gray Alliance, during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Federal and Confederate troops reenact Pickett’s Charge at the finale of the Blue Gray Alliance, during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Federal and Confederate troops reenact Pickett’s Charge at the finale of the Blue Gray Alliance, during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Confederate troops raise their hats in celebration after the Pickett’s Charge reenactment at the finale of the Blue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Confederate soldiers congregate at a wood’s edge awaiting orders to charge during a reenactment of The Battle of Little Roundtop during the Blue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: An actor playing a Confederate soldier marches before waging a reenactment of The Battle of Little Roundtop during the Blue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Confederate troops charge up a hill towards Union forces during a reenactment of The Battle of Little Roundtop during the Blue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Confederate troops charge up a hill towards Union forces during a reenactment of The Battle of Little Roundtop during the Blue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Confederate troops charge up a hill towards Union forces during a reenactment of The Battle of Little Roundtop during the Blue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Confederate and Union troops lay “dead” after a reenactment of The Battle of Little Roundtop during the Blue Gray Alliance events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing Confederate soldiers smoke pipes on the morning of the final day of the Blue Gray Alliance reenactment during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Sean Pridgeon, playing a member of the Constitution Guard, sleeps in camp the morning of the final day of the Blue Gray Alliance reenactment during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Geoff Roecker, from Brooklyn, New York City, playing a member of the Constitution Guard, lounges in camp the morning of the final day of the Blue Gray Alliance reenactment during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Actors playing members of the 5th Massachusetts Battery and the L and M Battery of the 3rd U.S. Artillery pose for a group photo on the final day of the Blue Gray Alliance during events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 30, 2013. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863, in and near the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and was the battle with the highest number of casualties in the Civil War. The Union army defeated a force led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee in what is often described as the turning point of the war. (Mark Makela/Reuters)

: Union Cavalry arrives at the battlefield during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate and Union cavalry engage with sabres during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: A Confederate Cavalry colonel rallies his troops during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate, and Union, cavalry engage with sabres during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate and Union cavalry engage with sabres during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate, and Union, cavalry engage with sabres during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Union cavalry troops parade in review following battle during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate artillerymen fire at Union positions during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate cavalry with weapons at the ready ride towards Union forces during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Union forces charge during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 29, 2013, at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate troops march into position during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 28, 2013 at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration and re-enactments in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate and Union fire on each other during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 28, 2013 at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration and re-enactments in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: Confederate troops march into position during a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg on June 28, 2013 at the start of the 150th Gettysburg celebration and re-enactments in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Karen Bleier/Getty Images)

: A Confederate Civil War cavalry re-enactor shoots at Union soldiers during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors fire cannon towards Union positions ahead of Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors march towards Union positions during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Union Civil War re-enactors fire a cannon towards Confederate positions during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors fire a cannon towards Union positions during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors fire cannon towards Union positions ahead of Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors aid a “wounded” commrade during Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

: Confederate Civil War re-enactors salute as a bugler plays “Taps” following Pickett’s Charge on the last day of a Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 30, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (John Moore/Getty Images)

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Feb 14, 2014 @ 10:16:19

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Deborah Porras
Jul 19, 2013 @ 10:30:09

Would love to order picture #44 my son is front and center very good picture.

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- Stokely Baksh
  Jul 25, 2013 @ 11:08:24
  
  Please contact Getty Images directly about information on ordering the photo. Thanks. http://www.gettyimages.com/
  
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Cheryl
Jul 10, 2013 @ 10:22:53

These photos are breathtaking… the only bad thing about them is that they make mine look flat and lifeless! I would love to see these in a book too! Or be able to add some to the family photo book I’m making with my own substandard photos!

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Nora Myers
Jul 06, 2013 @ 19:42:50

I love this feature, but I can’t get beyond the second or third picture. The program just stops working.

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Gary Gault
Jul 03, 2013 @ 11:46:57

Thanks for the great photos and Thanks to the many hundreds of reenactors for a spectacular turnout of the 150th Anniversary of Battle of Gettysburg. Sorry I couldn’t have been there; currently living on the West Coast of Oregon. Enjoyed your nice photo essay immensely.

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Cathy B in AZ
Jul 02, 2013 @ 17:05:04

WoW! Thank you for transporting us back in time! Beautiful pictures!

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Alice Wojtowicz
Jul 01, 2013 @ 18:01:29

Fantastic pictures . I hope the gentleman who took the pictures at Gettysburg makes a book out of them. Everyone who has children should take their kids to see this live!!! Great stuff 🙂

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