Michael Waricher's Gettysburg Perspectives

Michael Waricher's Gettysburg Perspectives Sharing the historic photography and stories behind the ever-evolving Gettysburg battlefield landscape.

The Michael Bushman house on the southern end of the battlefield as it appeared in 1935 and today.Situated in the path o...
06/03/2026

The Michael Bushman house on the southern end of the battlefield as it appeared in 1935 and today.

Situated in the path of the July 2 fighting, the house still displays evidence of the battle.

One of the many duties charged to the Civilian Conservation Corps workforce at Gettysburg was routine monument cleaning....
05/31/2026

One of the many duties charged to the Civilian Conservation Corps workforce at Gettysburg was routine monument cleaning. Here, enrollees are seen at work on the 155th Pennsylvania monument on Little Round Top in 1938.

This structure, associated with the Gettysburg Airport (see the roof of the building) was situated at the intersection o...
05/31/2026

This structure, associated with the Gettysburg Airport (see the roof of the building) was situated at the intersection of Reynolds Avenue and Buford Avenue on the first day battlefield.

Cemetery Hill on May 30, 1934 (Memorial Day 92 years ago). President Franklin Roosevelt was the speaker before a reporte...
05/29/2026

Cemetery Hill on May 30, 1934 (Memorial Day 92 years ago). President Franklin Roosevelt was the speaker before a reported crowd of 50,000 in the Gettysburg National Cemetery that day.

Click on the image to expand your view.

It is a mere 120 days until the Civil War Center at Shepherd University's 2026 Fall Conference, "Forty Years of Triumph:...
05/29/2026

It is a mere 120 days until the Civil War Center at Shepherd University's 2026 Fall Conference, "Forty Years of Triumph: A Retrospective of Preservation Success at Antietam and Beyond” commences!

Check out the stellar lineup of presenters you will meet and hear their stories (on the field and in the classroom) from the front lines of battlefield preservation over the past four decades during this incredible 3-day gathering.

For further programming and registration details, use the link below, and please consider sharing this post with your friends! I would greatly appreciate it.

https://www.shepherd.edu/civilwar/2026-fall-seminar

An unusual feature constructed on the Gettysburg battlefield in the late 1930s was a "Garbage Pit" near Spangler's Sprin...
05/27/2026

An unusual feature constructed on the Gettysburg battlefield in the late 1930s was a "Garbage Pit" near Spangler's Spring, located where Geary and Slocum Avenues split. A stone enclosure was built in front of a large, scalloped boulder, and the one to the right of it that I'll call Crocodile Rock, to contain trash. I can tell you nothing more about it, but offer it as another meaningless detail from the history of the iconic battlefield. 😄

School children fan out to place flowers on the graves in the Gettysburg National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29, 1944...
05/26/2026

School children fan out to place flowers on the graves in the Gettysburg National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29, 1944, only a little over a week before D-Day.

This view from the Ziegler's Grove observation tower gives us a wonderful view of Cemetery Ridge as it stretches south t...
05/23/2026

This view from the Ziegler's Grove observation tower gives us a wonderful view of Cemetery Ridge as it stretches south toward the Round Tops.

Meade Avenue (since removed) is at the bottom of the view and Hancock Avenue snakes its way southward along the right.

This photo captures a very narrow window in time as the United States Regulars obelisk is very prominent at the right center. It was dedicated in 1909. However, there is still no evidence of the Pennsylvania monument which is completed in 1910.

This means two things, the Pennsylvania monument, a considerable project, is constructed in fairly short order AND that this was a very short-lived snapshot in time on the Gettysburg battlefield.

By this time, the construction of the battlefield as we know it is nearing completion, but if you blinked you could still miss distinctive elements of its evolution.

The Twin Kiss ice cream stand was located on Emmitsburg Road just to the north of the Sherfy house from 1952-1974. While...
05/22/2026

The Twin Kiss ice cream stand was located on Emmitsburg Road just to the north of the Sherfy house from 1952-1974.

While the road through the heart of the Gettysburg battlefield was once home to a range of visitor-oriented businesses, nearly all have been removed from the landscape.

The Klingel farm is in the right distance.

Check out the comments section for additional images.

It's not historic, but how would you like to have lived in this house on the Gettysburg battlefield?Do you recognize the...
05/21/2026

It's not historic, but how would you like to have lived in this house on the Gettysburg battlefield?

Do you recognize the location?

Does anyone remember this home? I've seen the name Baseshore associated with it and it appears to have been on the field from the 1930s into at least the 1970s. This photo is from 1966.

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