The stone wall construction occurring on Cemetery Ridge has continued.The equestrian statue to Major General George Meade can be seen in the center-right background. This image was taken facing northwest at approximately 5:45 PM on Sunday, March 5, 2017.

We’ll be looking at stone walls “D” (east-west) and “E” (north-south) on this map (excerpt).This map was created on October 26th, 2016, by the Resource Management Division of Gettysburg National Military Park.

The stone wall and rider fence on the left appears in the Cyclorama Painting. The P. Frey/Basil Biggs farmhouse is in the right background. The farm lane that was located here is bordered by the stone wall with rider fence on the north side and the newly constructed stone wall on the south side. The newly constructed stone wall is a “commemorative era” (War Department) style stone wall.This image was taken facing east at approximately 5:45 PM on Sunday, March 5, 2017.

Meade’s Headquarters (Lydia Leister Farm) can be seen in the left background.This image was taken facing east at approximately 5:45 PM on Sunday, March 5, 2017.

We’re now standing on the south side of newly constructed east-west wall (wall “D”). The north-south stone wall can be seen in the right of this photo.Cemetery Hill is in the left background above the Bobcat. This image was taken facing northeast at approximately 5:45 PM on Sunday, March 5, 2017.

The newly constructed walls intersect.Cemetery Hill is in the center background. This image was taken facing northeast at approximately 5:45 PM on Sunday, March 5, 2017.

The north-south wall…The Pennsylvania Memorial can be seen in the right background. This image was taken facing south at approximately 5:45 PM on Sunday, March 5, 2017.

…Does not intersect with the next east-west stone wall on Cemetery Ridge. The newly constructed wall is on the left. The large gap here has made it easy for the construction crews to continue accessing the eastern portion of the ridge.This image was taken facing southeast at approximately 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

Progress on the walls resumed this week after a long break. The work crews had chosen to avoid the recent winds and cold weather.This image was taken facing north at approximately 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

When we visited today they were working on extending the east-west wall down the eastern slope of the ridge toward the Taneytown Road.This image was taken facing west at approximately 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

The work crew today consisted of a few NPS employees and at least one excited Americorps member…This image was taken facing east at approximately 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

The wall at Meade’s Headquarters (Lydia Leister farm) has not been worked on since our last visit.This image was taken facing west at approximately 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 7, 2017.