Historic views of Gettysburg : illustrations in half-tone of all the monuments, important views and historic places on the Gettysburg battlefield . J HISTORIC SPRINGS. Spanglers Spring at the southeast slope of Culps Hill, where soldiers of both armies secured water and mingled togeth-rfreely during the night of July 2d, is shown as it appeared at that time and in its present condition. Menchevs Spring at the base of Cemetery Hill wasused by the Eleventh Corps SPANGLERS MEADOW. This view from McAllisters Woods is in the direction of Eastern Culps Hill. Several hundred of Johnsons Con-
Historic views of Gettysburg : illustrations in half-tone of all the monuments, important views and historic places on the Gettysburg battlefield . J HISTORIC SPRINGS. Spanglers Spring at the southeast slope of Culps Hill, where soldiers of both armies secured water and mingled togeth-rfreely during the night of July 2d, is shown as it appeared at that time and in its present condition. Menchevs Spring at the base of Cemetery Hill wasused by the Eleventh Corps SPANGLERS MEADOW. This view from McAllisters Woods is in the direction of Eastern Culps Hill. Several hundred of Johnsons Con-federates were buried in trenches in this meadow. On the rock stands the pioneer monument, the Second Massachusetts. It was erected by the regimentalassociation during *he summer of 1879. On the front a bronze tablet with an inscription recites the facts connected with the historic charge of that regi-ment across the r low. This monument attracted the attention of other survivors who journeyed here, and the brief story on its bronze plate inspiredother commands with tales of valor to tell to erect similar memorials, until the result is that the position of every volunteer organization is marked.
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