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Sunday Afternoon Battlefield Programs

Series – 2025

During our COVID19 shut-down / slow-down in 2020 the ALBG commenced a series of battlefield programs on Sunday afternoons inspired by the success of the popular Tuesday evening summer walks. On these beautiful fall afternoons a Licensed Battlefield Guide will lead a program focusing on a specific battle-related topic.  These are ideal for those who desire a more in-depth look at one aspect of the Battle of Gettysburg, or for those simply looking for something to do on a beautiful fall afternoon.   Each session is offered for a fee of $35, payable to the Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides.

Note:  Under the provisions of our Commercial Use Authorization permit with the Gettysburg National Military Park, we are required to have on file that you have read and agreed to the provisions detailed in the Acknowledgement of Risks form.  Should you wish to register for any of the programs detailed below you will have to agree you have read and understood this form before you will be taken to the payment site.

Please car-pool whenever possible and make sure to obey all National Park regulations regarding parking in the National Park. At all times make sure your car is parked in a legal parking placing and does not present a road hazard by partially blockng tour roads.  At no time should your vehicle be parked on the grass.

When:        Sunday Afternoons throughout the Fall of 2025

Dates:        Sundays from September 7th through October 26th.

Time:          All programs will run from 2:00 PM until approximately 5:00 PM

Where:       Detailed below.  Parking is limited.  Abide by park rules and consider car-pooling

Cost:          $35 per session.


September 7, 2027 – Afternoon Program

RE Lee and CSA Corps Commanders

LBG Chris Bagley

Demigods in Grey. Those who study the American  Civil War and Gettysburg recognize the names: Lee, Longstreet, Hill, Ewell and Stuart. Many have elevated these individuals to Demigod status while others are blamed for what “may” have been. From a historian’s eyes they were soldiers not gods.  Their lives and and how they are remembered were forever changed during the American Civil War.  Join the ALBG, and LBG Chris Bagley for a trip back in time to look at these men as they were…soldiers and the decisions made at a town called Gettysburg.

  • STOP 1 Lee’s  HQ
  • STOP 2 Hill’s HQ Marker
  • STOP 3 Virginia State Memorial
  • STOP 4 Longstreet Equestrian Memorial

September 14, 2025 – Afternoon Program

“In the Eye of the Storm”: The Union II Corps Along Cemetery Ridge

LBG Billy Griffiths

Captain John Hazard’s II Corp Artillery Brigade found itself caught in the bloody maelstrom that engulfed Cemetery Ridge for two days at Gettysburg. Heavily pressed, and heavily battered, the trefoil gunners fought with a steadfast resolve, suffering 28 men killed, 119 wounded, and three missing during the battle. Learn the history of Arnold’s, Brown’s, Cushing’s, Rorty’s. and Woodruff’s batteries, and of their sacrifices made to achieve ultimate victory on the battlefield

Meeting place: The battle walk will begin on Hancock Avenue at the Battery B, 1 st New York Artillery (Rorty) monument, and will end at the Battery I, 1 st U.S. Artillery (Woodruff) tablet.

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September 21, 2025 – Afternoon Program

The Farms of the Taneytown Road

House and Farm Historian Kendra Debany & LBG Paul Bailey

In late June 1886 Jacob Hummelbaugh’s daughter-in-law wrote a letter to the Quartermaster General’s Office begging to be reimbursed for losses the family suffered during the Battle of Gettysburg. “If others had not received damages we would not expect them,” she wrote.  “Those who live away from the battlefield or on the far limits of it get well payed (sic) and have plenty without damages, and those of us living on the field where the hardest fiteing (sic) was done…never got a cent.”  The Hummelbaugh family’s own “battle” with the government would continue on for another four years…27 years after the fighting ended. The story of Jacob Hummelbaugh is just one of the many stories we’ll cover on our tour of the farms along the Taneytown Road.  This tour will focus on the history of the farms and their owners before the battle, what they experienced during the battle, including how the properties were used by the Union Army, and what happened to the owners and their farms after the battle.

Meeting Place: We will begin at the base of Cemetery Hill on the Guinn Farm (the current Park Law Enforcement office) then use the Park Walking Path to move from farm to farm down the Taneytown Road, ending at the Hummelbaugh Farm. Park at the National Cemetery Overflow lot. Light to moderate walking (approximately one kilometer) with frequent stops.

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September 28, 2025 – NO PROGRAM

Fall ALBG Seminar 

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October 5, 2025 – Afternoon Program

“Napoleon Power” The story of the 1857 12-pounder GunHowitzer and its role as used by six batteries on the battlefield.

LBG Ralph Siegel     

General location on the field.

  • Stop 1 – Oak Hill (Carter & general orientation)
  • Stop 2 – Lee’s Headquarters (Stewart)
  • Stop 3 – Warfield Ridge Tower (Taylor)
  • Stop 4 – Peach Orchard (Bucklyn)
  • Stop 5 – Trostle Farm (Bigelow)
  • Stop 6 – Hunt Avenue (Kinzie/Rugg)

Meeting Place: Parking arrangement for the group. The group will car-pool caravan from Oak Hill to next five sites to park in appropriate designated lots and roadside designated spaces.  All six presentations will be held at the artillery batteries.  Route the guide will conduct the group from each stand.  Tour will begin at Oak Hill, car-pooling to Lee Headquarters, Warfield Ridge Tower parking lot, Peach Orchard pull-off, Trostle Farm and overflow parking lot near Hunt Avenue and Baltimore Pike intersection.

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October 12, 2025 – Afternoon Program

“The Pettigrew-Trimble Charge of July 3” 

LBG Jim Hessler

Although General George Pickett’s division has received the majority of historical attention in Robert E. Lee’s failed July 3 assault, the partial divisions under Johnston Pettigrew and Isaac Trimble played equally critical roles during the attack. Our battle walk will focus on many of the July 3 debates and controversies such as Lee’s objectives for the attack, what troops participated on the Confederate left and why, James Longstreet’s role in managing A.P. Hill’s troops, the Federal defense by Alexander Hays’s division and regiments such as the 8th Ohio, and the post-war debates between Virginia and North Carolina veterans over who deserved the greatest “credit”. After attending, you will have a better appreciation for the true size and scale of Lee’s July 3 attack and Meade’s defense.

Meeting Place: We will meet near the North Carolina Monument on West Confederate Avenue. This will be a walking tour of approximately one mile (one way) on the NPS-mowed path leading from the Tennessee Monument through the Bliss farm and eventually end near the Brian farm on Cemetery Ridge.

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October 19, 2025 – Afternoon Program        

“Shadows in the Valley of Death

LBG Jessie Wheedleton

Explore haunting vignettes of battle and reunion in the Plum Run Valley, the Slaughter Pen, Devil’s Den, Houck’s Ridge and the Triangle Field. This walk will follow both roads and rocky trails enjoying the vibrant fall foliage in this area of the park.

Meeting place: Smith’s Battery’s 2 guns halfway down Crawford Avenue. Please park along Crawford Avenue on the right side with all wheels on the pavement. Route: Beginning at Smith’s battery on Crawford. Walk along the road toward Devils Den. We will venture up the grass path to the 14th US and 6th NJ and back to road in between stops. Left on Warren Ave. Left on path to 40thNY. Returning, cross Warren to hiking trail. Walk hiking trail to Triangle Field. Follow trolley trail. Turn right uphill on trail up to Sickles Avenue. Walk up to 99th PA, then down the paved trails to 4th ME. Walk along road back to vehicles.

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October 26, 2025 – Afternoon Program

“Those days have been long passed, but will never be forgotten “  

LBG Phil Muskett      

Confederate Brigadier General Carnot Posey and his brigade will take part in one of the more famous small unit actions on July 2. The fighting on the William Bliss Farm in the no-mans land just west of Emmitsburg Road. As the fighting moved north along the Confederate line, Posey’s men will advance, but half will go no further than the Bliss farm, while the rest will reach near the Emmitsburg Road. Did any regiments go east of the Emmitsburg Road? Join Phil Muskett as we explore the actions of this Confederate brigade during the Gettysburg Campaign.

  • Stop 1. Meet at the Tennessee State Monument.
  • Stop 2 Follow the mowed path to the Bliss Farm
  •                Stop 3 Follow the mowed path to west of Emmitsburg Rd.
  •                  Stop 4 Follow the mowed path to the Posey Brigade tablet.
  •                          Stop 5 Back to Tennessee State Monument along West Confederate Avenue.
 

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Updated March 26, 2025