Turn That Cannon

I think that this is one of my really cool shots from around the Cemetery Ridge and Bloody Angle area. This is taken right at the bend in the stone wall and under the tree that adorns it. I figured that getting a very in-depth shot looking down the line was a  great way to imagine units composing Webb's Philadelphia Brigade, as well as the Vermont monuments in the background, as they would have been during the Confederate artillery barrage and during the infantry assault that followed.

The infamous "Copse of Trees" also peaks through a few of the monuments. Some argue that it was the Confederate objective during the Pickett's Charge assault, but others claim that the true prize was Cemetery Hill. That's another story in itself.