Back to my adventures.
I went to go to Gettysburg! It was amazing. I think i have a little bit of a war nerd in me and I have always wanted to visit a battlefield. It is up there on my list with visiting a plantation, visiting "small town America", and seeing a real main street!
Anyways, we got to Gettysburg, about an hour and a half drive from DC, on a field trip-sque thing organized by the UCDC center. Once we got there we watched a movie to give us some background on the three-day battle and turning point. I was proudly able to confirm the two facts I remembered from the 12 times i have learned about the civil war through school, that the union won and that the turn of the battle was at little round top.
(me on top of little round top over-looking the rocky battlefield)
After our video, we got back on the bus and along with us came this retired navy guy to narrate a 2-hour bus tour around the battlefields. We went in chronological order for each of the three days and got out at various spots to see it first hand.
My Takeaways from the day:
- I am thankful for the freedom i have that was fought for on these fields
- they fought on open land that was someone's town. Both sides pretty much just happened to run into each other there
- it does not really make sense the tragedy until you see where the confederates tried, unsuccessfully, to attack the union the last day and the cannon warfare.
- the devastation to the town and area is worse than the war. The town of Gettysburg took in most of the wounded soldiers after the war. The town also was flooded by families looking to find their dead loved ones. We must stop and think about the innocent people war affects
Overall it was a great trip and I recommend it for everyone!
(me on another part of the battlefield)
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