A view out the fan window directly below the famous cupola of Schmucker Hall in Gettysburg. It was from that cupola that Brig. Gen. John Buford watched the Confederates of Robert E. Lee’s army approach the town on July 1, 1863. The view looks west, as did the general that morning. Photo by Sonny Fulks

A 20-pound Parrot on Benner’s Hill at Gettysburg. The position, held by Confederate Maj. Joseph W. Latimer’s artillery battalion, was the best available place for his guns to do their assigned work. Unfortunately for Latimer and his men, the position was exposed to return artillery fire from multiple locations. They soon had to fall back from Benner’s Hill, but not before Latimer was mortally wounded. Photo by Andy Turner

Confederate veterans plot in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia. The plot was purchased around the turn of the century after the war by the local Confederate Veteran group for the burial of veterans who were indigent or did not have a family plot. Photo by Andy Turner

Detail from the 4th New York Cavalry monument at Gettysburg. The regiment spent the first three days of July picketing outside of Gettysburg, then joined in the pursuit of the enemy on July 4. Photo by Andy Turner

Grave of John Appleton in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia. Appleton was a recruiting officer for the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the regiment commanded by Robert Gould Shaw at Fort Wagner and made famous in the movie Glory. He survived the war and lived into his 80s when he was gored to death by a bull. Photo by Andy Turner

Left flank marker of the 19th Maine Infantry at Gettysburg. Located along the stone wall on Cemetery Ridge just south of the Copse of Trees, the position was held by the regiment as Pickett’s Charge approached. After firing into the Confederates heading for the Copse, the 19th Maine moved to their right and joined in the hand-to-hand fighting that repulsed the Charge. Photo by Andy Turner

The Italian marble statue representing the Confederate soldiers who fought in the Civil War overlooking the square in downtown Franklin, Tennessee. It was erected 35 years after the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1899. Photo by Andy Turner

Monument to the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry at Gettysburg. All but one company was attached to army headquarters during the battle. On July 3, during Pickett’s Charge, General Meade ordered the regiment to “charge the assaulting column should it succeed in breaking the infantry line in front.” Photo by Sonny Fulks

The West Virginia state capitol building in Charleston. When a convention voted for Virginia to secede, a group of Virginians from the western counties walked out, threatening to form their own state. On June 20, 1863, the state of West Virginia entered the Union. Photo by Andy Turner

Statue of William H. H. Beadle in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building. Beadle enlisted in the Union army in 1861 and had risen to the rank of brigadier general by the war’s end. Beadle’s statue represents the state of South Dakota. Beadle drafted the school lands provision for the South Dakota state constitution in 1885. Photo by Andy Turner