When you go to visit the Gettysburg battlefield, the $55 price for a personal tour guide (in your own car) is worth it. Our guide drove and talked (lectured?) for two hours straight giving details of the three day battle as well as stories of generals, churches, regiments, statues, and geography. I don't remember much but am glad for the experience.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
#64 Crooked
Actually, more zig-zag than crooked these fences provided an effective barrier to soldier movement. Tearing them down was time-consuming and climbing over was a sure way to get shot. For some reason this kind of fence appeals to me - but not for its military advantage.
When you go to visit the Gettysburg battlefield, the $55 price for a personal tour guide (in your own car) is worth it. Our guide drove and talked (lectured?) for two hours straight giving details of the three day battle as well as stories of generals, churches, regiments, statues, and geography. I don't remember much but am glad for the experience.
When you go to visit the Gettysburg battlefield, the $55 price for a personal tour guide (in your own car) is worth it. Our guide drove and talked (lectured?) for two hours straight giving details of the three day battle as well as stories of generals, churches, regiments, statues, and geography. I don't remember much but am glad for the experience.
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They do appeal for artistic reasons, don't they! From a military point of view, I would rather have a sand bag barricade as I have seen the damage that Musket Balls can do to dried wood.
ReplyDeleteWould love to tour that area and hear the history first hand.
ReplyDeleteNow that is one cool fence...can you imagine the work that goes into one of those! Sounds like an interesting day!
ReplyDeleteAn interesting sight line along the fence. The Gettysburg tour sounds so very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI like the look of that fence to but I can imagine the effort to build it. A tourguide when visiting places like that (or even art galllerys) always add a lot of extra to the visits
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