One of the most-visited series on Gettysburg Daily has been Licensed Battlefield Guide Tim Smith’s Gettysburg Rock Carvings. This is Tim in 2009 on Little Round Top, stopping by the Hazlett rock carving next to the smaller monument to the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry.This view was taken facing north at approximately 5:00 PM on Monday, July 13, 2009.

The Hazlett Rock Carving as it appeared in 2009.This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 5:00 PM on Monday, July 13, 2009.

We stopped by toward the end of March to visit some of the rock carvings on Little Round Top.This image was taken facing east at approximately 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.

Let’s check behind the 91st PA’s smaller monument and see the Hazlett carving.This image was taken facing east at approximately 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.

In the intervening years, someone, not us, came by and painted in the letters. They wanted visitors to be able to read this carving…This image was taken facing west at approximately 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.

…which also made us wonder about the Vincent carving near the 44th New York monument.This image was taken facing south at approximately 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.

Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Tim Smith is standing on the Vincent Rock near the monument to the 44th New York Infantry Regiment.This view was taken facing south at approximately 5:00 PM on Monday, July 13, 2009.

The Vincent Rock Carving as it appeared in 2009. You can tell it had been painted before.This view was taken facing east at approximately 5:00 PM on Monday, July 13, 2009.

Though the Vincent carving was pretty easy to read without it, those responsible for the paint on the Hazlett carving also gave the Vincent carving the same treatment. Please do not paint anything on the battlefield without permission from the National Park Service.This image was taken facing east at approximately 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.