When Confederate troops advanced to this point they were most certainly being hit with double canister. Advancing the rest of the way under that barrage of fire is more than most of us would want to imagine having to do.
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The angle of stone walls that gave the Angle its name. This was the focal point of the final charge on the last day of battle and the site of ferocious hand to hand fighting. A moving place to visit and remember. |
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Monument to the 72nd PA at the Angle that truly captures the spirit of what happened there. Pennsylvania troops were fighting on their home soil for their families and their farms. |
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This is the Trostle Barn that stands right in the
middle of the Battlefield. Note the cannon ball hole in the brickwork
just above the roof line of the wooden structure.
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View from the Angle looking directly
at the Virginia Monument across the field in the middle of the tree
line. It's a long way off but it's an unimaginable distance to be
covered under fire from Union cannon. In the middle of the photo is the
fence on Emmitsburg Road.
When Confederate troops advanced to this point they were most certainly being hit with double canister. Advancing the rest of the way under that barrage of fire is more than most of us would want to imagine having to do. |
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Confederate reenactors storm The Angle on July 4th weekend 2008. They marched across the field of Pickett's Charge with drums. When they reached The Angle they let out a Rebel yell for all those who made it across the field 145 years ago and all those who did not. It was truly a moving sight to see. |
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Reenactors who traveled all the way from Kansas to celebrate the 145th anniversary of the Battle on July 4th weekend 2008. They were taking part in the reenactment on Redding Farm but had a break before their part took place at 5:00 p.m. They were standing next to the cannon on The Angle doing what reenactors do best, being living historians who perform an invaluable service for visitors to Gettysburg. |