“[T]here was a hush, a stillness in the very atmosphere surrounding us. Warworn veterans knew full well that it was but the lull, the forerunner of the tempest yet to come. Brave hearts trembled or waxed strong in the awful presence of the coming storm: the steady tramp of marching men ended; the rumbling roll of cannon wheels ceased; the bugle call silent; knapsacks were unslung; bayonets fixed; the command forward awaited; at last the guns. . .rang out on that mid-summer day; the die was cast; the battle was on."
-Lt. J. Clyde Millar, 153rd PA Infantry, describing the eerie and ominous silence just before the battle renewed on the afternoon of July 1.
Anniversary programming continues onsite this afternoon at 3 p.m. at the battlefield hike, "The End of the Afternoon," with Ranger John Hoptak.
For the full program schedule visit: nps.gov/gett/planyourvisit/battle-anniversary-159.htm
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-Lt. J. Clyde Millar, 153rd PA Infantry, describing the eerie and ominous silence just before the battle renewed on the afternoon of July 1.
Anniversary programming continues onsite this afternoon at 3 p.m. at the battlefield hike, "The End of the Afternoon," with Ranger John Hoptak.
For the full program schedule visit: nps.gov/gett/planyourvisit/battle-anniversary-159.htm
#Gettysburg #Gettysburg159
