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New York State Monument at Gettysburg National Cemetery – Post Card View

An undated picture post card view of the New York State Monument at the Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Image provided by Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a family collection.

The Bloody Angle, Gettysburg – Post Card View from 1904

A 1904 picture post card view of the Bloody Angle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, showing the battlefield and monuments as they existed at the time. ______________________________ Image provided by Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a family collection.

Update on Hiram Groff – Captured at Gettysburg, Then Parolled

On 4 November 2014, a post entitled “The Groff Brothers?  Hiram, Valentine and William,” was presented here.  Some questions were asked in that post and readers were asked to submit additional information about the men named Groff.  Note:  A prior post also discussed “Israel M. Groff and Sons – All Civil War Veterans?” The following […]

Monuments at Gettysburg – 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company B

The two monuments to the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry at Gettysburg are located southeast of the town of Gettysburg, close to each other on the eastern side of Baltimore Pike.  One of the monuments is pictured above and can be seen on Stephen Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monuments and […]

Monuments at Gettysburg – 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Confederate Avenue and was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The above drawing of the monument was included in the Philadelphia Inquirer articl1 of 11 September 1889. A picture of the monument can be seen on Stephen […]