About a year ago, I decided I was going to start a series of photos called the Silent Guns of the South. I have always been a fan of history and more specifically, military history. So, I thought this would be a lot of fun. I began …Continue Reading Here…
Unfortunately, I live an hour from one of the largest metropolitan US cities and am still without Internet. This is beginning to get very frustrating. But, I guess I will just have to have some more patients since there is only one provider here and it seems no one can help.
Just stop and imagine crouching behind this wooden fence. At the woodline, just a few hundred yards away, there is a line of cannon. Of course it’s pointed at you. Everyone quiet. The sky clear. How peaceful it must have been. They could not have imagined with it this peaceful.
I have many photos in the queue to be processesed, but alas I have not had the time. As well as having no time, it seems that consistent internet connectivity is at a premium. Everytime there is a storm, we seem to loose power and telephone.
This photo is from the west side of Bull Run near the stone bridge. It was so peaceful walking through this area and seeing a field of blue bells.
This is the Stone Bridge across Bull Run. During the battle, the area on both sides of the Run were cleared for hundreds of yards to facilitate the decimation of the opponent. This is not the original bridge form the battles, but one built just after the war.
This is the view of the field of battle from the old Stone House to Henry House. I would have hated to be in this house when the shooting started. Even though the battlefield was at the top of the hill, I can imagine that the bullets still reached here.
While I am on this trek down civil war lane, I thought I would add this one of “Stonewall” Jackson.
It was such a peaceful walk. Hard to believe that, 150 years ago, there was such devastation surrounding this area.
I don’t have much to say about this one, just read the caption.
Walking the battlefield at Manassas was amazing and intriguing. Seeing the construction of houses at the time, at least the Henry House and Stone House, made me see how simple people lived back then. It is hard to imagine that there would have been no cars here or airplanes zooming overhead. I have heard that there is a lot of problem with development encroaching on this battlefield. I can believe it. Just south of the battlefield, you go from major suburban development to pristine woods and late 19th century farmland.
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This cannon is from Rickett’s battery (Griffin’s Guns commanded by Capt. Charles Griffin) on the hill near the Henry House on the Manassas Battle Field. This is specifically from the east side of the line. Ricketts battery received a devastating point blank volley from Virginian Infantry near the wood. Walking the battlefield it is amazing how peaceful it seems and yet, approximately 150 years ago, there were two battles fought here that caused significant casualties to both sides.
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Another old gun. These are amazing. This one is from the top of Kennesaw Mountain the national battlefield park. This is a view toward downtown Kennesaw and the approach Grant would have taken. You can just imagine the view the soldiers would have had just before the battle.
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So, I am planing on doing a series of photos on U.S. civil war canons. This happens to be another of those canons. This one is at the top of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia.
