Gettysburg walks (1 Viewer)

[braddinpa]

I went on a few of the Gettysburg walks during the 154. To give everyone a heads up for those who could not attend. A lot of the videos are on the nps Facebook page

My favorite walk was the one about the 105th Pa. Ronn Palm was there. PCN filmed most of them and they will be on their website. It was freakin hot!

Highly recommend going down during the Anniversary. The nps does a good job of having talks and walks for everyone.

 

[Combat]

I went on a few of the Gettysburg walks during the 154. To give everyone a heads up for those who could not attend. A lot of the videos are on the nps Facebook page

My favorite walk was the one about the 105th Pa. Ronn Palm was there. PCN filmed most of them and they will be on their website. It was freakin hot!

Highly recommend going down during the Anniversary. The nps does a good job of having talks and walks for everyone.

Those are great and they run them on the PCN channel here. So I can watch from the comfort of my living room with the AC rather than sweltering with the masses. It was brutal out there a couple of days this past week. The level of detail is pretty good although the camera work is sometimes lacking when they try to point out a landmark being discussed and it is blocked by the attendees or it is clear the camera person doesn't have a clue. Not for the novice but some interesting details. The one I watched this week was about the 1913 reunion and how that was organized and run.

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

I walked Picketts Charge two weeks ago. It was 92 degrees. Better done in October.

 

[Go for Broke]

Whenever I read about a battle, I always wonder about the battle's weather, how many miles marched, the availability of food, the gear carried, topography, etc. That way, you really get a feel of the suffering, the condition of the soldiers before even the first bullet fired. I was in DC 3-weeks ago and I was parched after walking only 1-mile. It was hot with no wind. Antietam battlefield on the other hand, was quite cool.

 

[Combat]

Whenever I read about a battle, I always wonder about the battle's weather, how many miles marched, the availability of food, the gear carried, topography, etc. That way, you really get a feel of the suffering, the condition of the soldiers before even the first bullet fired. I was in DC 3-weeks ago and I was parched after walking only 1-mile. It was hot with no wind. Antietam battlefield on the other hand, was quite cool.

Some of the participants at Gettysburg marched 20 or miles just to get to the battlefield. Add in the wool uniforms in summer and it would have been brutal. If you watch films of baseball games up until about the 1960s you see men dressed in suits, ties and hats in the crowd. I'm not sure how folks survived dressed like that in the days before AC. You hardly see anyone these days in more than a t-shirt and shorts on a hot summer day.

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

When walked it I was in shorts and a tee shirt with a bottle of cold water. It amazes me that they did this in uniform, with heavy weapons, under fire, and after marching in the heat days before.

 

[Go for Broke]

Knowing some history and its physical demands, I should exercise more and get in shape, rather than only sitting at my desk job, having drinks later and eating foods that would not be imaginable even 50-years ago.