Comments on: Feeling the Past at Gettysburg

By: parvez akhtar

parvez akhtar — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:30:41 +0000

i also felt something at the Devil’s Den. I don’t beleive that.
sorry……..

By: Stephen Creech

Stephen Creech — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:59:13 +0000

What a truly amazing article. I had the pleasure of taking my first trip to Gettysburg two years ago and remember the emotions that overwhelmed me as I stood looking out of Little Round Top. Can’t wait to go back and spend some serious time exploring a part of history that captivates me.

By: CSM (Ret) Lee Ingram

CSM (Ret) Lee Ingram — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:41:32 +0000

It is not possible to be a student of the Civil War without a visit to Gettysburg. As so many before me and likely after as well, I walked as much of the battle field as possible to try to get some perspective of the events of those days. It is overwhelming. There are so many things to experience. Try lying in the ditch, imagining defilade fire all around you. Screams of those unlucky enough to be in a spot the shot fell upon.
God, it is humbling, even for a career soldier with some combat experience.

By: Wesley C. Norris

Wesley C. Norris — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:12:45 +0000

What a wonderful article. As a very young man I have always had a desire to visit the Gettysburg Battlefield. May of this year I was able to go and spend four wonderful days there. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the experience of walking this hollowed ground is an experience that I will never forget. The emotions ran high at the thought I had family that fought both sides of this war. I too felt a presence as I walked the Wheatfield and climbed the rocks of Devils Den. The evening view from Little Round Top was an emotional one for me as I looked down and across where many a man died for a cause they truly believed in.

By: Brian Logan

Brian Logan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:52:36 +0000

Three years ago myself and other reenactors walked Pickett’s Charge in our uniforms and with battle flags flying. That whole walk I had chills and the hair was standing up on my arms. I felt like the men of Pickett’s Division were walking with us that day. Gettysburg is a very sad place because of all the lives that were lost there, but the sacrifices that were made by the men of both sides, helped make this country a better place.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:10:20 +0000

Many of us have had this same experience, apparently. Geetysburg was the first place I ever truly felt a presence, and I have felt it at every other battlefield I have visited since. However, somehow, there was a different quality to it at Gettysburg–more intense and a storng mixture of pride and tragedy. A very touching article.

By: Scott J Payne

Scott J Payne — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:00:33 +0000

When I received my August issue I was expecting another story about Joshua L. Chamberlian. When I opened up and began reading I was surprised and impressed with the article about William Oates Alabamians. The struggles they went through even before they were engaged in battle brings their story closer to home, for historians as well as the casual observer. I only wish that William Oates was featured on the cover instead of Chamberlain.

By: Joe Messore

Joe Messore — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:17:35 +0000

I once rode my bike to Little Round Top at dawn…the feeling was transcendental…it was a truly overwhelming feeling to ride past the monuments in the breaking daylight,culminating with the view of Devil’s Den,where I did not feel alone,despite no man being near me….

By: Fred Boyle

Fred Boyle — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:18:21 +0000

I have followed the same path led by a gentleman I met by chance who later became a battlefield guide. Thank you for leading me over the same never-forgotten ground.

By: Rev. David L. Hopkins

Rev. David L. Hopkins — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:11:01 +0000

I visited Gettysburg about two years ago. I was alone my wife was at a meeting, so I drove to the battlefield. It was more than I had imagined. I was so moved with emotions, that I had to share it with someone,so I called our oldest daughter. She was as excited as I was at the time.I was sad,happy,upset,overwhelmed,shaken,changed by it all as I stood there and prayed.I long to return and feel overpowered once again.