Gettysburg

This is our second stop here.  We took the bus tour this time and with a guide on board (from Maine) we learned a lot more than the last time where we drove ourselves round the battleground.  The National Parks Service is in the long process of restoring the battleground to reflect what the 2 armies would have seen on the 3 day battle.  We were told that they have pictures and maps and will be able to re-create the park to within an "inch" of what is was those 3 days.  This is the 150th anniversary of the battle that took place July 1,2,3 1863.
Today we visited the home of Jenny Wade, the only civilian killed during the battle.  She was 20yrs old and was in her mother's home which was literally between the Union and Confederate soldiers that were firing at each other.  She had been making bread for the Union soldiers and providing water for them and was standing in the kitchen when a musket ball came through the front door, through a 2nd door, struck her just under the left rib cage and exited through her heart.  The holes are still in the doors. Many of the buildings in Gettysburg still have pot marks from rounds striking them.
Tomorrow we are going over to the Antietam Battlefield which was considered the worst battle from loss of life and wounded.
We will be out of here friday morning headed for Max Meadows, VA for a one night stay then onto Lexington, SC for a 2nd night and then back into Jekyll on Sunday.