Gettysburg II

The spot near "The Angle" on Cemetery Ridge where 1st Lt. Alonzo H Cushing(MOH) fell. 1st Lieutenant Cushing was awarded his medal in 2014.

Spot where Brig. Gen. Lewis A Armistead(CSA) fell leading his Brigade during Pickett's Assault. Furthest penetration of the CSA

I love Gettysburg, great pictures!

Then Battle for Gettysburg was critical.  Union support for the war was wavering.  If not for Gettysburg and some other victories, Lincoln may not have been re-elected in 1864.  His opponent campaigned on on stopping the war, which may well have meant that slavery remained.

Here is a Springfield musket, which was the primary rifle for the Civil War, where they had to put the bullet in the muzzle and jam it down with a ram rod.  They actually had the technology for repeating rifles, but the generals rejected them as they thought soldiers would waste ammunition.