(1 of 3) Gettysburg Exploration: Museum
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(46 votes)
Published: Oct 30, 2009 10:18 p.m.
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Well it seems like forever ago that I made an egg, I had a bunch in planning, took pictures, but was too busy/lazy to actually write it, haha.
Recently I took a 3 day field trip with my Civil War class to Gettysburg.
So now I’m here with a series of Exploration Eggs of Gettysburg Pennsylvania. This will be part 1 of 3, featuring the Gettysburg Museum about the battle during the Civil War.
(I Img-Shacked all the images firstly to prevent the insane page stretch that would come from Photobucket and to help those who have slower internet so now all pictures have to load at once.)
For the pictures of this specific egg, I’m sorry many of them are out of focus and blurry, flash is not allowed inside the museum, so some of mine came out blurry due to my hand shaking while the camera was taking the picture.
So lets begin, on the first day of being in Gettysburg, we visited the museum and had a chance to look around and take pictures.
(Take note that each de5cription corresponds to the pictures above it)
Representation, Flags, and Portraits
 
First we have flags representing the two sides. Granted these are not the widely known ones that have been popularized through the years, but these are ones that were actually on the battlefield in 1863. North on left, South on right.
 
Next we have two painting, the first depicting the first clash of Ironclad warships in the United States: The USS Monitor (on left of pic) and the CSS Virginia (on the right). Take note of the 3 wooden ships in the background, those of which were blockading the South, and were dealt with quickly by the CSS Virginia, before the Monitor arrived. On the right, there is a painting showing the 20th Maine Regiment defending the end of the Union line on Little Round Top (Don’t worry, this will be explained in the Battlefield egg of the series).
 
On the left is a collage of pictures of officers who participated in the battle. On the right is more in depth after stories on the higher up officers and famous participants of Gettysburg.
Equipment, Apparel, Weapons
 
On left, picture says it all. On the right, is the knapsack and gun combination that you can lift.
 
On left is the minimum equipment and apparel of a Union soldier, on the right is that of a Confederate soldier.
 
On left is a Mississippi Rifle, not from the Civil War, but from the Mexican War, where Jefferson Davis (The President of the Confederacy) was a widely known military leader. On the right is a collection of hats that were worn by various groups that were at Gettysburg.
 
The front and back view of a copper cannon, these were the workhorses of the armies of the day. In later eggs of the outside areas, you will see more copper cannon, though they have been oxidized and turned green.
 
Examples of artillery ammunition of the day; On the left, shells designed to be fired out of rifled cannon, meaning they would spin and be much more accurate and fly to longer distances that simple cannon balls (shown on right). Though these specific examples of cannon shells were not made to be fired out of battlefield cannon, they are sized for naval cannons, ones that are fixed in military installations, such as Forts.
 
On the left, showing how the men survived and enjoyed… Well, made the journey bearable… On the right, showing how they would find makeshift uses for much of their equipment, specifically in this picture, how they used their bayonets as candle holders.
 
The left showing recruiting pamphlets and posters requesting volunteers for the army. The right picture showing a collection of guns, however what you cannot see is the writing which describes how civilians who volunteered for service were quite often just given a gun and basic equipment and then tossed right into the heat of battle.
Living Quarters
 
The left picture showing General Robert E. Lee’s (General of the Confederate Army) personal belongings that he brought to each of his command headquarters. The right picture is that of a typical Union army dwelling for an officer while marching.
That’s the end of the pictures inside of the museum; wait for the next 2 eggs in the series to see the battlefield and Gettysburg National Cemetery photo.
Hope you enjoyed. |
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 | Oct 31, 2009 6:06 am -
I love it. I’m looking forward to the next two, I absolutely adore history and especially the Civil War. Nice job, 5*s |
 | Oct 31, 2009 6:13 am -
A great start to what will be a excellent series. 5. |
 | Oct 31, 2009 6:50 am -
Excellent egg! 5*
We call it "The War For Southern Independence" or the
"War of northern Aggression".
Throw those terms at your history teacher and see what he / she says. |
 | Oct 31, 2009 6:55 am -
Try to get a picture of the cannonball that remains lodged in the brick wall of the townhouse on Gettysburg’s main square all these years later.
Oh, wait. This trip was a while ago, so if you don’t have the picture now, you can’t easily get it.
Five stars. |
 | Oct 31, 2009 11:11 am -
Quote: We call it "The War For Southern Independence" or the
"War of northern Aggression".
Oh haha, I do that all the time, cause he’s so Pro-Union, I always throw out the other side of the story. So all in all, my class thinks I’m a racist bastard who wants slavery and thinks that them evil Federals are trying to control us too much, haha.
Quote: Try to get a picture of the cannonball that remains lodged in the brick wall of the townhouse on Gettysburg’s main square all these years later.
Oh, wait. This trip was a while ago, so if you don’t have the picture now, you can’t easily get it.
Five stars.
I did see it, but we didn’t stop by it, our bus just drove by it, and I wasn’t able to snap a picture.
Anyways, thanks guys for all the 5* |
| Oct 31, 2009 11:59 am -
Well done Sir!
Wish I was there to sing Dixie for them! |
 | Oct 31, 2009 12:18 pm -
Great egg.
As always.
5* fo u. |
 | Oct 31, 2009 3:48 pm - Nice
This sucks,just kidding. I am one to like history. Good job and very nice pics. 5* u!:) |
| Nov 03, 2009 1:18 pm -
Wow, who’s the asshole who rated it way the fuck down? Thanks dick |
| Nov 03, 2009 4:31 pm -
Don’t worry bro, this is on my list to be fived every week. |
| Nov 04, 2009 5:50 pm -
Quote TommyBoy: Don’t worry bro, this is on my list to be fived every week.
Awesome :]
And its back up, so maybe it was just a fluke in the system, if so, sorry about last post lol. |
 | Nov 05, 2009 10:14 am -
i dont see why any egg should be in more than 1 part, but 5 anyway. |
| Nov 05, 2009 3:25 pm -
Quote: i dont see why any egg should be in more than 1 part, but 5 anyway.
Because to be fully honest, I didn’t have any interest in keeping my computer on long enough to upload over 1 gigabyte of pictures at 30kb/s upload speed. |
 | Nov 13, 2009 5:19 pm -
Very good egg 5* |
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