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Matthew Gravely of Edgewood, Ky., relaxes prior to the start of theBGA’s Pickett's Charge. Behind him, Union troops assembled todefend the stone wall at The Angle. Spectators are in the far distance.

(Zangroniz)

Burrough's Battery of East Tennessee had a blast at the GAC event. They took a four-gun battery pulled by horses, complete with caissons and a traveling forge. (Stoddard)

Key To Photographers In This SectionAve Bauder (Bauder) � Bill Bleyer (Bleyer) � Joseph DePeri (DePeri) � Natalia DiNino (DiNino)

Beth Godin (Godin) � Sandy Goss/Eagle Bay Media (Goss) � Paul Harris, www.civilwar150photos.org (Harris)John Hughes (Hughes) � Joel Moore (Moore) � Nancy Jennis Olds (Olds) � Jessie Mae Kanagie (Kanagie)

George Lomas (Lomas) � Michael J. Minardi (Minardi) � Helen S. Schwartz, Artistry in Photography (Schwartz)Phil Spaugy (Spaugy) � Carl Staub (Staub) � Adam Stoddard (Stoddard) � John Yake (Yake) � Julio C. Zangroniz (Zangroniz)

Events: BGA (Blue-Gray Alliance) � GAC (Gettysburg Anniversary Committee)

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Lines are straight and maneuvers crisp as the opposing lines of infantry move on the GAC battlefield. (Goss)

An estimated 15,000 marchers fell in with NPS ranger-led brigades to follow the route ofPickett’s Charge on July 3. (Olds)

Rep. Scott Perry delivers greetings of Congress for the 75th anniversary of the EternalLight Peace Memorial dedication. At right is Charles E. Kuhn Jr., past commander of thePennsylvania Department, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, which hosted theprogram. (Schwartz)

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The aftermath of Pickett's Charge at the BGA reenactment. (Zangroniz)

Actor Stephen Lang, dressed as a Federal cavalrytrooper, is ready to participate in the "Buford'sAttack" BGA scenario. (Zangroniz)

Among those treated at the Confederate Field Hospital at Daniel LadyFarm is Chris Maniaci, left, of Kissimmee, Fla., with the 2nd Florida, Co.E, assisted by Tim Lane of Parkton, N.C., 1st NC Field Hospital and NCNaval Squad; and the Rev. Paul Howerton, Co. E’s chaplain. (Godin)

Cory Costello, left, with 26th Texas living historians in front of theAmerican Civil War Wax Museum, found some kids to play soldier with.

(Schwartz)

Walter C. Hilderman III, of Eutawville, S.C., right, was in the 100th and125th anniversary reenactments. Son Walter IV, left, was in the 125th.The GAC event is grandson Robert’s first Gettysburg. (Zangroniz)

Bob Bailey from Gilmer, Texas, atGAC, is with the 19th Texas. Histhird great-grandfather was in the55th North Carolina. (Kanagie)

The Fort Point Garrison Band rehearses in the Federal headquarters area at the Blue-Gray Alliancereenactment in late June. (Zangroniz)

Gen. Gregory Bair commandedthe PACS 2nd Division at GAC.

(Kanagie)

GAC Confederate Commander Gen. Brian Gesuero chats withwagoner and bull whacker Gerry Barker from Edmonton, MetcalfeCounty, Ky., who delivers ice and water to reenactors. (Lomas)

John Yake and Tami O’Brien, from New Oxford, Pa., took part in the GACevent. He rides Jolene, an Appaloosa, with the 18th Virginia Cavalry,ANV 2nd Battalion. (Yake)

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Yvonne Zolna of Santa Clara, Calif., a nurse with the U.S.Medical Service, watches Federals march by her tent at the BGAreenactment. (Zangroniz)

A Confederate officer gives water to his son at the stone wall afterboth fell wounded during BGA’s Pickett's Charge. Father SteveGraham and son Justin live in Bristol, Tenn., and fight with the 31stTennessee, Co. B. (Zangroniz)

A wounded Federal is taken of the field at GAC’s Pickett’s Charge. (Bleyer)

Stuart Light Horse Artillery members on the GAC field are, from left,David Bridges, Richmond, Va., as Maj. James J. Breathed; AaronOwens, Princeton, W.Va.; Bobby Tabor, Narrows, Va.; Blaine Hypes,Princeton, W.Va.; J.E.B. Stuart portrayed by Bill Fruel of Golden, Colo.;Eric Keaton, Narrows, Va.; Shawn Emmons of Fincastle, Va.; andRobert Neely of Pipestem, W.Va. Tabor owns the Steen Cannon WorksM1841 12 pdr. (Harris)

Confederates crash through and over fences on their way to the Union defensive line during the GACevent’s Pickett’s Charge. (Goss)

Visitors to the GAC reenactment could visit with Lee’s Lieutenants.Joel Bell from Ocala, Fla., left, with the 18th Virginia Infantry, Co. A,provides security for Jefferson Davis (David Walker from Van Wert,Ohio, whose great-great-grandfather died at Andersonville) and RobertE. Lee (Al Stone, Hinton, W.Va.). (Olds)

Embalmer Don Caruthers, ofBeaver Falls, Pa., discusses hiscraft with visitors to GettysburgNational Military Park. (Zangroniz)

Confederate cavalry takes part in an unscripted battle at the GAC event. (Bleyer)


“Ice Angels” Katherine Harris of Oak Hill, Va., and Audrey Bevins ofAbingdon, Va., prepare to take the GAC field with the 4th Regiment,Army of Northern Virginia, to provide water and check the condition offallen boys in the field. (Harris)

Waiting to march onto the BGA battlefield for the first activity of theweekend are Clay Dhamgin, left, of Harrisonville, Mo., and Chas Millsof Olathe, Kan., with the Missouri Irish Brigade. (Zangroniz)

When David Chirico squeezed the trigger at a fleeing Federal on the field at the BGA Wheat Field scenarioGrendel didn’t react. They ride with the 4th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, the Black Horse Regiment.

(Goss)

Confederates fire on Federal defensive positions on Culp’s Hillat the GAC event. (DiNino)

Pvt. Joshua Johnson from Galesburg, Mich., pulls the lanyard on Robinson’s Battery’s original M1841bronze 6-pdr. at GAC’s 150th reenactment. (Hughes)

Confederates leave the field after a BGA engagement. (Schwartz)Jake Jenette of Swansboro, N.C., as Confederate Gen. Lewis Armistead, is ready to lead his infantry in theConfederate charge that ends the battle and GAC’s reenactment. (Zangroniz)

Jennifer Mowbray from Winchester, Va., spent time at the BGA eventworking on her great-great-grandmother’s quilt, which she intends tofinally complete. Mowbray makes her own period clothing and mendsfor the soldiers. (Minardi)

Henry Trippe from Ypsilanti, Mich., 5thTexas, Co. E, examines Sgt. BradHollingsworth of Lecanto, Fla., with 2ndFlorida Volunteers. Robert “Doc” Sonntag,Apopka, Fla., Florida Regimental MedicalDepartment Corps, assists at the LadyFarm field hospital. (Godin)


Larry McGrane of Brownsville, Md., portrays a delegate of the U.S.Christian Commission at the national park living history program.

(Zangroniz)

The "Spanish Delegation" at GAC’s Battle of Gettysburg are, rear, from left: Hector Zumeta Moran of Astorga,Leon; Carlos Ignacio Salvador of Oviedo, Asturias; Jon Valera Munoz de Toro of Malaga, Malaga Province;Jose Amaro Carrillo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands; Jonathan Cabrera Asensio of Tenerife, CanaryIslands; Juan Arturo Munoz Barros of Valencia in Valencia Province. Front: Maria Cruz Lopez Lopez ofAstorga, Leon; Eva Garcia Manso of Madrid; and Marta Vazquez Lopez of La Coruna. (Zangroniz)

Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer (Steven Alexander) salutes the crowd, and receives a salute in return.He received cheers every time he appeared at a GAC cavalry action. (Goss)

The 20th Maine of Vincent’s Brigade prepares to move out at the GACevent. Mike Gould, foreground, is from Abingdon-On-Thames,England. (Olds)

A scene from the field of Pickett’s Charge at the GACevent. (DePeri)

David J. Klinepeter from Harrisburg, Pa., and son Michaelfrom Big Cove Tannery, Pa., at the GAC event, were in the100th reenactment. (Lomas)

Federal Volunteer Bridgade Maj. Gen. Ron Palese, left,and son Maj. Jeffrey Palese, at the GAC event, are long-time reenactors. As a teen Ron carried water for soldiersat the 100th anniversary reenactment. His five childrentook part in Civil War events. Jeffrey, above, attended hisfirst event when he was six months old. (Olds)

This overview shows the Federal infantry camp on the battlefield, made up mostly of National Regimentmembers, was part of one of the largest living history programs ever presented at the park. (Zangroniz)


Ladies visit in a parlor at BGA’s recreated Town of Gettysburg. (Schwartz) Confederate guns open the GAC’s “’The Devil’s To Pay’ First Day Struggle at Willoughby Run” battle. (Olds)

Italians in Co. G, 14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, at the Lady Farmare from left, Niccolò Ferrari, Verona; Antonio Sanò, Sieha; RiccardoSoldateschi, Sieha; and Andrea Ferletic, Staranzano. (Godin)

Denise and Kevin Rung and their rescue horses Big Red, left, and Excaliber, attend many Civil War andWestern events, here at the Wax Museum. She portays Sgt. Jennie D. Hart of Jenkins’ Cavalry, a realwoman soldier. Kevin portrays both John S. Mosby and Col. William Aylet, 53rd Virginia. (Schwartz)

Reynold’s Battery L, 1st New York Light Artillery, brought a 3-InchOrdnance Rifle and traveling forge to Seminary Ridge where it fired theJuly 1 opening shot of the 150th commemoration and did livinghistory. Members are, front: Averell and Chamberlain Bauder; back:Dan Dixon, Jeff Dennis, Mike Baronich, Eli Dennis, Nathaniel Bauder,Rick and John Chapman, John Baronich, Bill Fuge.

The black-hatted soldiers of the Iron Brigade took heavy losses at Gettysburg. These men are at the GACreenactment. (Bleyer)

Steven Dunn of Culpeper, Va., fought a number of duels with Unionhorsemen at the BGA reenactment. (Goss)

Union cavalry stand ready as their artillery fires during the GAC “’A Bloody Harvest,’ Ferocious Fighting inthe Wheatfield” battle. (Olds)


47th Virginia surgeon Ray Billingsshows an original amputation sawfrom his collection at his BGA tentwhere he readily shares knowl-edge about hospital conditionsand unsanitary conditions.

(Minardi)

Rachel Shajari of San Antonio, Texas, is with the 15th Texas Brigadeat the BGA reenactment. (Godin)

D.J Hein of Victorian Studio stands by a Century antique wet platecamera while close to 300 PACS command staff get in position for aSunday morning photograph before GAC action begins. To mark the1st Legion, Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS) 15thanniversary Brig. Gen. Brian Gesuero commissioned the image whichrequired a 30-second exposure. (Harris)

Heat overcame David Auger, Bay City, Mich., with the 9th Kentucky(U.S.) during the NPS Pickett’s Charge march. Assisting with waterand shade are, from left, Ranger Todd Bolton; Tony Messano fromBiglerville, Pa.; Rob Zomok, his wife Jenna and scout Sean Anderson(not shown), all from Boy Scout Troop 993. (Olds)

SCV member Rod Wittstadt fromElkton, Md., came to honor hisancestor Lt. Col. James RawlingHerbert, 1st Maryland Infantry,shot three times on Culp’s Hill andsent to Johnson’s Island prison.He died in 1888. (Olds)Union soldiers march in formation at the GAC event. (Goss)

Confederates get ready for battle at the BGA event. (Godin)

Make A Wish Foundation sponsored Trey Meyer, 14, and his brotherColin, 11 and their parents Vicki and Wayne of Le Roy, Ill. Trey, whohas cystic fibrosis, was thrilled to see the battle from the GAC’s VIPstand and to try on a Federal artilleryman’s coat. (Goss)

Keeping to the period, ambulance wagons delivered hundreds ofpounds of ice to the deployed GAC soldiers. (Goss)


Confederates are urged on as they marched toward the Union lines in BGA’s Pickett’s Charge. (Minardi)

Blue-Gray Alliance Battle of the Wheatfield. (Goss)

Reenactors spent the June 29-July 1 weekend doing programs forvisitors on Seminary Ridge where the Gettysburg Seminary RidgeMuseum opened. (Godin)

Annaliese Mergler, of Buffalo, N.Y., sews while others in her organization demonstrated the work of the U.S.Sanitary Commission to visitors at Gettysburg National Military Park. (Zangroniz)

Valerie and Trent Golden from Franklin, Tenn., are among livinghistorians in the BGA’s recreated town. (Schwartz)

James Stillaid from Australia, reenacting with the 69th New York atGAC, cools off. (Lomas)


Union Cavalry ride in review at the BGA event before a battle. (Minardi)

Mike McCartney, left, from Witchita, Kan., andRaymond Ball from Buffalo, N.Y., show an earlyprocess of making copies at their U.S. EngineerBattalion display at GAC. (Lomas)

Elizabeth Potas of Dearborn,Mich., is affiliated with theTemperance League at the GACevent. (Zangroniz)

Bradley Herring of Downingtown, Pa., shows his rifled musket toWayne Deakin of Carlisle, Pa., and Dave Winther from Cape Cod,Mass., at GAC. The men are both related to Jacob Drumtra, 13thPennsylvania Cavalry bugler. (Goss)

Joseph Figliulo Jr. and Joseph III, 10, from Frankfort, Ill., show RobertE. Lee (Phil Carpenter, Chincoteague, Va.) toy soldiers on the porch ofLee’s Headquarters Museum. Voices of the Confederacy holdsmonthly living history programs there. (Olds)

Jacob Dietz, 14, from Gloucester, Va., bugles with the 13th Virginia Cavalry, Co. I, here at the BGA event.He joined when he was 12. He volunteers at the Yorktown Victory Center, is a Brentsville CourthouseHistoric Centre Civil War Camp counselor, and is working towards his Eagle Scout rank. (Minardi)

The boys of Co. A, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, get their photo taken the old-fash-ioned way at the GAC reenactment. (Goss)

Dan "Little Dick" Watters and his father Dick relax in the Pitzer WoodsConfederate encampment at Gettysburg National Military Park.

(Zangroniz)


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Confederate artillery fire from over a hill at the GAC reenactment. (Olds)

Joy Melcher, left, owner and designer of Civil War Lady, is joined in hertent at GAC by Jackie Greer, Sandi Swift and Rizwan Okoci. (Olds)

Confederate Cavalry ride in review before the BGA’s East Cavalry Fieldbattle. (Minardi)

Trying to keep track of the action on Day 2 of the BGA event are, fromleft, Andrew Brink, Potsdam, N.Y.; Terry Collette, Massena, N.Y.; andPage Turner, Newberry, S.C., members of Forsyth's Rifles, a NorthernNew York living history group. They represented the 60th New York thatfought on Culp's Hill in 1863. (Ellis)

Lloyd Smith from Fairmont, W.Va.,demonstrates how bullets are castin the GAC reenactment’s LivingHistory Village. He is a 35-yearreenacting veteran. (Lomas)

Union cavalrymen charge Confederates during the BGA event. (Goss)

Federal surgeon Harry Sonntag, of Philadelphia, Pa., as Maj. H.H.McGuire, talks about period medicine to 2nd Corps Field Hospital vis-itors at the GAC event. He gave a private presentation for theAmbassador from Israel and his entourage. (Zangroniz)

Christian Kanagie fromSchwenksville, Pa., is with the42nd Mississippi at the GACevent. (Kanagie)

The Confederation of Union Generals hosts “Meet the Generals — AFireside Chat” at GAC. From left are: George G. Meade (JerryMcCormick, Philadelphia, Pa.); Ulysses S. Grant (Scott Whitney,Winnebago, Ill.); Winfield Scott (John Hart Jr., Scranton, Pa.);Benjamin Butler (Tom Moran, Hartford, Conn.); rear, Scott’s chief-of-staff Lt. Col. Edward Townsend (Robert Lipshutz, Philadelphia); Scott’saide-de-camp Col. George W. Cullum (Robert Sulger, Peckville, Pa.)

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Virginia artist Henry E. Kidd, who is also a speaker, historian andreenactor, portrays Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead at BGA. (Schwartz)

Austin Krause of Sunland, Calif.,is a member of Co. E, 8thLouisiana, at BGA. (Godin)

U.K. residents portraying the 1st Louisiana Infantrymen and their ladies at GAC are, from left, Alwyn Price,Wales; Dave Howells, England; Chris Barlow, England; June Price, Wales. Phillip Ellicott-Wright, England;Julie and Nigel Williams from England; and Kiefer Port, England. (Olds)

Grace Wright from Ocean City, N.J., with the 44th Georgia, tries to seethe action at BGA. (Minardi)

A Confederate cavalry bugler entertains the GAC crowd with hisrendition of “Dixie.” (Olds)

Luke Friedrich of Minneapolis,Minn., was one of the officersleading the 1st Minnesota atBGA’s event. (Zangroniz)

Sgt. Bryan Black, right, of Frederick, Md., with the 142ndPennsylvania, escorts regiment "thief" Zachary Taylor of Lebanon, Pa.,during a GAC vignette for a presentation that included a deserter’sexecution while the 46th Pennsylvania military band played a funeraldirge. (Zangroniz)

Dixon Grubbs, left, is with the 7th Georgia at BGA; Daniel Buttersmithis in the 1st Corps. (Minardi)

Casey Lauger shows off one ofthe bonnets she made at the BGAevent. (Minardi)


Drawing cheers every time he appeared, Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer (Steve Alexander) was a favorite at GAC’s cavalry battles. Thebleachers were most recently used at the U.S. Open Golf Championship. (Goss)

Jim Cragg, with the 2nd U.S.Cavalry, Co. H at GAC, is fromCarson, Calif. He was in the U.S.Army Special Forces and now isCEO of Special OperationsTechnologies, which makesadvance military, rescue andpolice equipment. (Olds)

During lulls in the BGA action, spectators were close enough to talk tothe reenactors. (Goss)

Liberty Rifles camp guard TravisTaggart of Richmond, Va., at theBGA event, is about to bedeployed to Afghanistan as aBlack Hawk helicopter crewman.

(Zangroniz)

“Confederates,” one carrying an Armistead banner, lower left, reach thecrest of the hill and approach waiting spectators on the Federal lineduring the Pickett’s Charge July 3 commemorative march. (Olds)

Artillerists Julie Skinner, left, and Dr. Isabella Eaves, both from Reno,Nev., serve with Hardaway's Alabama Battery at GAC. (Zangroniz)

William R. Fuzia of Seaside, Ore., center, rode at the BGA, GAC andHanover events with Co. A, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. He also is a trooper intwo Western units and portrays Gen. Alfred Pleasonton with theConfederation of Union Generals. (Goss)

Karen Lenz from Minnesota takesa walk at BGA. (Minardi)

From left, Krystal Bean, Altamont, Tenn.; Anne Halley, Frederick, Md.,and her daughters Camden, 10, and Claire, 8, were often asked topose for cameras at BGA. (Goss)

Dr. John Willen of Tarzana, Calif., center, and Mike Fowler of NewPalestine, Ind., discuss Civil War era medicine with visitors to theSociety of Civil War Surgeons living history encampment at the park.

(Zangroniz)


Federal cannoneers brought an original 3-inch Parrott rifle to the BGAevent. From left are Mike Robertson of Garden City, Md; gun owner JimTurza of Canton, N.Y.; and Don Gallagher of Chelsea, Mich. (Zangroniz)

Brothers Johnny Morrison, 16, and Phillip, 14, of San Diego, Calif.,posed for photos at BGA with Kevin Pope, Amherst, N.Y., and ErinQuinlan, Fredericksburg, Va., with the 49th New York and 55th Virginiarespectively. (Goss)

American Civil War Assn. of California Confederate Battery Bmembers at GAC, from left are: Sam Mathues from Oakley; RichardLawrence Cottonwood, whose ancestor was in the 52nd Virginia, Co.F; Anthony Livermore, Oakley; John Jacob, Oakley, whoseConfederate ancestors fought in the Shenandoah Valley. The unit hastwo 10 pdr. Parrotts and a 6 pdr. Whitworth breechloader. (Olds)

Bryan Lynch of Gainesville, Fla.,serves with the Marion LightArtillery at the GAC event.

(Zangroniz)

Confederates march on Union defenses at the BGA Pickett’s Charge battle. (Minardi)

With the 20th Maine Infantry atGAC is Pvt. Antoine Pagé Bibaudfrom Montreal, Canada. (Olds)

Reynolds’ Battery L, 1st New York Light Artillery, bugler NathanielBauder plays Taps at the unit’s monument on July 1 while Pvt. EliDennis presents arms with the guidon. The battery took part inGettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum opening weekend programs.

(Bauder)

Kirk Davis, proprietor of Home Front General Store, coordinated theSeminary Ridge living history weekend in which Carol Polkinghornefrom the Dixie Rose Relief Society participated. (Godin)

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The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard,” Presidential Salute Battery’s M5 3-inch anti-tank guns are in placeto fire a 21-gun salute near the Meade monument following the June 30 battlefield commemorative ceremony.

(Schwartz)

Morgan Billingsley, who began reenacting at age 6, waitswhile her mother, Cheryl, fixes her petticoat. They came fromVienna, Va., for the BGA event. (Goss)

BGA event Union troops have easy pickings as Confederates charge. (Staub)

Tim Hodge, left, from Harrisburg, Pa., portraysMaj. Martin Robinson Delany, the highest-rankingblack officer in the Union army, at the GAC event.Delany was an abolitionist, journalist and doctorwho recruited black troops. Michael Pahoff, right,is from Melbourne, Australia. (Olds)

Civil War Club members from Grand Valley State University inAllendale, Mich., include, from left, graduate Patrick McCarthyfrom Grand Rapids, Mich., with the 28th New York Infantry, Co.F, who proposed to graduate Anna Jennings at the GAC 150thon July 4; Kelsey Clapp from Merrill, Mich.; and Ellen Lungren,South Haven, Mich. (Olds)

Cheryl Reams of Olympia, Wash.,with the Washington Civil WarAssn, visits the GAC sutler row.

(Zangroniz)

In the 1st Artillery Battalion, Jones’ Battalion,Provisional Army of the Confederate States, camp atGAC are, foreground, Maj. Theodore Matkowski fromCape May, N.J., Chief Engineer of the Bureau ofEngineers for the Confederate camp; rear, from left,Col. Tom Alexander from Street, Md., commander ofthe Confederate Artillery; and Maj,. Gary Wright fromGeorgetown, Del., overall Confederate safety officer.

(Olds)

Lavonne Stockdale of Norman, Okla., and grandson KyleWright of Folsom, Calif., independent reenactors, participatein the Seminary Ridge living history celebrating the newmuseum. (Godin)

Gettysburg National Military Park Supt. Bob Kirby speaks atthe June 30 commemorative ceremony that included singerTrace Adkins, former TV anchor Charles Gibson, historianDoris Kearns Goodwin, NPS Director Jon Jarvis, a theatricalprogram, 21-gun salute and procession to the nationalcemetery. (Minardi)

Brian Andrews, John Meyers, Matthew DePeri and DavidDubi and others in the 3rd Florida, Co. B, fell in with 12thNorth Carolina, Co. C, Pettigrew’s Brigade, for the GACPickett’s Charge. (DePeri)


Luminaries were displayed on battle graves at Soldiers’ NationalCemetery after the park’s June 30 commemorative program andprocession to the cemetery. (Spaugy)

Sandy Andrews from Hagerstown,Md., at the BGA event, is a flagand clothing maker for reenact-ment units. He wears a typical uni-form in four layers to allow aircirculation. (Minardi)

Philip Hadad from Milton, Del., left, and Ivan Page from Victoria,Australia, of Co. B, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, attached to the 28thNew York Infantry for the GAC event. (Olds)

Margaret and Elmer “Bud” Atkinson of Philadelphia, Pa., attend theEternal Light Peace Memorial rededication. He was there for the1938 dedication. They are longtime members and officers of theSons of Union Veterans and auxiliary at the local, state and nation-al levels. (Schwartz)

Pat Rhodes, a history major atLynchburg College, was with the14th Connecticut VolunteerInfantry at the just-ended BGAWheatfield battle. (Goss)

Confederate Ambulance Corps member Mason Kyer of St. Clairsville,Ohio, waits between BGA battles. (Zangroniz)

Matthew Lintz and Laura Lintz, left, of Dayton, Ohio, brought Liam, 14 months, to the BGA event, his firstreenactment. Sharon Lintz and Duane Lintz, Xenia, Ohio, were the first family reenactors, now joined byJoe and Erin (Lintz) Penny and son Grant, 2. (Goss)

Troopers Brandi Cole and her son Branden serve with the 6th OhioCavalry at the GAC reenactment. (Zangroniz)

The 3rd United States Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard,” presentsthe colors before the June 30 commemorative ceremony on thebattlefield. (Schwartz)

Autumn Fuller, at the BGA event,from Winchester, Va., has beenreenacting more than 15 years.

(Goss)

John Wagstaff of Halifax, Va., is with Jackson’s Corps at BGA. (Godin)


Confederates are ready for the final charge at BGA’s Pickett’s Charge. (Minardi)

William Osborne and his wife Rebecca Anderson, ofWhitewater, Wis., proprietors of LodgewoodManufacturing, "the gun repair people," pose forperiod photographer Bob Szabo at GAC. (Zangroniz)

Gen. Darrell Markijohn leads his United States Volunteers division inBGA action. (Staub)

Tom Bassford of the 15th Alabama, Co. G, from Salem, Maine, thirdfrom left, middle row, met two cousins for the first time in 30 years at the145th Gettysburg reenactment. They planned this first family reunionduring GAC’s 150th reenactment. (Lomas)

Mike Spaulding of Capital DistrictCivil War Round Table in Albany,N.Y., sells cancelled GettysburgCivil War stamps at GAC to raisemoney for battlefield preservation.

(Olds)

Blue-Gray Alliance civilians enjoy a lemonade picnic. (Staub)

A Signal Corpsman sends a message from Little Round Top. (DiNino)

Soldiers of the 47th Virginia receive their chaplain’s blessing before abattle at the BGA event. (Minardi)

Arthur Street of Coweta, Okla.,wears the uniform of a BritishRoyal Artillery captain at the BGAreenactment. (Zangroniz)

Union infantry charge Confederates at the BGA’s twilight Battle of Culp’s Hill and East Cemetery Ridge.(Staub)

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Federal headquarters staff at GAC include, from left, Lt.Brett Sherff from Newville, Pa., and Capt. KyleWichtendahl from Sharpsburg, Md. (Olds)

Gen. George Pickett (Neal Clark) gets a hair washingfrom wife Lisa in the GAC Lee's Lieutenants camp. Theylive in Indianapolis, Ind. (Zangroniz)

The Womack family of cavalrymen at GAC includes Scott Womack, Rebecca Crispin Womack and JoeWomack. They have been reenactors for 13 years. (Goss)

The Gettysburg Blues, Sons of Veterans Reserve, present the colors atthe 75th anniversary Eternal Light Peace Memorial program.

(Schwartz)

Capt. Brian K. Butcher, left, Assistant Surgeon FloridaRegimental Medical Department Corps from East NewMarket, Md., treats patient Chris Maniaci of Kissimmee,Fla., with the 2nd Florida, Co. E. At right for this Confederatefield hospital scenario at the Daniel Lady Farm is surgeonDrew McDonald of Santee, S.C., with the 10th SouthCarolina, Palmetto Battalion. (Godin)

Union and Confederate and Union cavalrymen engage in saber play during the GAC “We Have No Time — Stuart Arrives on the Battlefield” battle. (Olds)

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Peter Vicenzi of Chevy Chase, Md., at GAC, is a freshman at St. Mary’sCollege of Maryland who plans to be a history teacher. He startedreenacting at the Antietam 150th event. (Goss)

Patrick Schroeder of SchroederPublications, in GAC’s book tent,shows the new The Vortex of Hellabout Duryee’s Zouaves, by thelate Brian Pohanka. (Olds)

Yankees await an Confederate attack at the BGA event. (Staub)

First-time reenactment attendees John Rivera and Hector Quinonesvisited with Confederate generals, from left, George Pickett, A.P. Hill,Robert E. Lee and Henry Heth and Sgt. Bell of Pickett’s staff at theGAC event. (Moore)

Mike Adams from St. Louis, Mo., and Kokomo, a Kentucky MountainHorse mare, ride at the GAC event with the 8th Illinois Cavalry, Co. B.

(Olds)

A Confederate artilleryman shares his field glasses with a youngspectator during GAC’s prelude to Pickett’s Charge. (Goss)

Rebel cannonfire pounds Yankee lines at the GAC reenactment. (Goss)

Mike Hilling from Philadelphia, foreground, and members of the 2ndWisconsin, Co. E observe silence for the 19 firefighters who died inArizona before the GAC evening battle on July 4. (Olds)

Participants in the battlefield park Pickett’s Charge commemorativemarch included, from left, Clark Oliver, 2nd U.S. Infantry, Sykes’Regulars, and 14th Tennessee, Co. B, members Pvt. George Heffner,captain and chaplain Ron Marcinko and Maj. Darren Alles. (Olds)

Katie Covington fromPhiladelphia, Pa., portrays writerAsia Booth, sister of actors Juniusand Edward, at BGA. (Minardi)


The End — Ten days of Gettysburg 150th commemorations came to a close on July 7. (DiNino — GAC)

Troops congratulate each other at the stone wall after a well-foughtBGA battle. (Staub)

Confederates leave the BGA battlefield after Friday’s action. (Schwartz)

Hundreds of reenactors are on the field at the GAC event. (Stoddard)

Capt. Mark Sopko halts Troop A, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, during the pass inreview at the BGA event. (Goss)

An ambulance and driver pause for the Pledge of Allegiance and the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at GAC. (Olds)

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