Rush’s Lancers, or the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, was formed in October, 1861. Some members of the unit had previously belonged to the elite milita unit, the Philadelphia City Troop. In November, 1861, Major General George B. McClell[...]
South Cavalry Field Tour
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer is standing on the west side of the Emmitsburg Road on Wintrode Ridge. She is standing by the marker to detachments of the 1st and 2nd United States Cavalry that fought in this area on July 3, 186[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer is standing on the east side of the Emmitsburg Road on Wintrode Ridge. The Cornelius Houghtelin Farm is in the background. The house was here at the time of the battle. Andie is wearing jeans beca[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer is standing on the east side of the Emmitsburg Road. She is pointing to Wintrode Ridge, which was occupied on July 3, 1863 by James Hart’s South Carolina Battery and later by William Graham&[...]
United States’ Brigadier General Wesley Merritt (1836-1910) was a captain in the United States Regular Army who was simultaneously given the rank of brigadier general of volunteers on June 29, 1863. He was an 1860 graduate of the United Stat[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer is the host for this series on South Cavalry Field. She is standing at the junction of the Taneytown Road (on the right) and Barlow-Greenmount Road, which runs from left to right. Brigadier Genera[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer is the host for this series on South Cavalry Field. She is standing at the junction of White Church Road (on the left) and Goulden Road, which runs from left to right. Brigadier General Elon Farns[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer is standing on the southwest side of the Baltimore Pike near its junction of the Low Dutch Road (out of sight to the right). She is pointing at buildings occupying the site of the Henry Beitler Fa[...]
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Andie Custer is our host for this series on South Cavalry Field. Devils Den, the Bushman Farm, and Warfield Ridge/Seminary Ridge are in the left background. Houck’s Ridge and Plum Run Valley/Valley of De[...]