Touring Gettysburg I

N. Carolina tribute monument

Saturday, October 8th.  As I described yesterday, there's so much Civil War information to see and digest all around Gettysburg...both in the city and around it.  We started out by going to the Visitor's Center to see what were the best ways to see all the sights.  We ended up purchasing a self guiding CD that takes you to all the high points of the 3-day battle.  It was interesting to see the locations where all the different troops were located and the strategy for moving to various locations.  There's so many monuments of different designs documenting the men from the various states who were there.  It was extremely sobering and awe-inspiring to see how many men were wounded and lost their lives

Troops 'manning' the cannons

We got about half way thru the CD tour and called it quits for the day and went back to the campground.  It was quite a day.