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wmtw.com: https://www.wmtw.com/article/pa-gettysburg-battlefield-boulders-history/71327732

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Monday, May 25, 2026

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ABSOLUTELY. AND SEEING IT RIGHT HERE, IT DOES TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THAT TIME. IT’S AMAZING. HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE CONFEDERATE WAS LIKELY PRIVATE. JOHN RUTHERFORD ASH FROM GEORGIA, MOST KNOWN, THOUGH FOR A DIFFERENT PICTURE IN DEVIL’S DEN, IS INDEED ONE OF THE MORE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ENTIRE CIVIL WAR.
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Gettysburg boulders reveal hidden Civil War stories in plain sight Skip to content NOWCAST Maine's Total Coverage at Noon Watch on Demand Menu Search News Policies News Local News National News 8 Investigates Total Maine Get the Facts Entertainment News We Love Upload Weather Alerts Radar Maps Forecasting Our Future Weather At Your School Traffic Politics In The Arena Sports High School Sports Project CommUNITY Health Mental Health Beacons of Hope Contact Report Your Closing Advertise with WMTW About News Team Editorials Titan TV Guide MeTV Maine's CW Internships Very Local Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement Gettysburg battlefield boulders reveal hidden Civil War stories in plain sight Gettysburg battlefield boulders reveal hidden Civil War stories in plain sight WAY THAT MIGHT BE NEW TO YOU. THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD IS FILLED WITH MONUMENTS MARKING WHAT WAS. AND AS MUCH AS THINGS HAVE CHANGED HERE SINCE 1863. SOME LANDMARKS HAVE ENDURED AS THEY WERE. ALL OF THESE THINGS. IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. THEY’RE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. THE BOULDERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD CAN TELL STORIES FEW HAVE EVER HEARD. AND BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T MOVED, YOU CAN USE THEM TO SEE THE PAST. YOU CAN QUITE LITERALLY STAND IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS AND SEE WHAT THEY SAW. AND THAT’S THAT’S INCREDIBLE. THAT’S, THAT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN’T DO ANY OTHER PLACE. ALL YOU NEED IS A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH. AND THE RIGHT ROCK. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BOULDERS THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. AND WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK. AND THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN RIGHT HERE. YEAH, YEAH. SO THIS IS A PHOTO OF ONE OF THE FAMOUS SKETCH ARTISTS OF THE CIVIL WAR TIME PERIOD. ALFRED WOLD SAT ON THIS BOULDER AT THE BASE OF DEVIL’S DEN IN THE DAYS AFTER THE BATTLE TO DRAW WHAT HE SAW. SKETCH ARTISTS WERE, TO PUT IT IN MODERN TERMS, A WAR CORRESPONDENT. PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO WERE HERE TAKING PICTURES OF THE REMNANTS OF THE BATTLE LIKELY TOOK ITS PICTURE AS A COURTESY AND IS KNOWN HERE IN GETTYSBURG AS WOLD ROCK, THE ONLY ROCK ON THE BATTLEFIELD NAMED AFTER SOMEONE. SO HERE’S ANOTHER PICTURE. AND OUR VANTAGE POINT IS IS UP HERE. YEAH. VANTAGE POINTS UP HERE. ANOTHER BOULDER NEAR DEVIL’S DEN CAN HELP YOU FRAME UP THREE PICTURES OF THE SAME FALLEN CONFEDERATE SOLDIER, A CHOICE BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS, POSSIBLY BECAUSE FEW BODIES WERE LEFT IN THE AREA BY THE TIME THEY GOT THERE, DOCUMENTING WHAT WAS HAPPENING. ABSOLUTELY. AND SEEING IT RIGHT HERE, IT DOES TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THAT TIME. IT’S AMAZING. HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE CONFEDERATE WAS LIKELY PRIVATE. JOHN RUTHERFORD ASH FROM GEORGIA, MOST KNOWN, THOUGH FOR A DIFFERENT PICTURE IN DEVIL’S DEN, IS INDEED ONE OF THE MORE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ENTIRE CIVIL WAR. BUT HISTORIANS HAVE FOUND THIS SHOT WAS STAGED. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS MOVED ASHE’S BODY TO BETWEEN THESE BOULDERS AND CALLED HIM A REBEL SHARPSHOOTER. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS SET UP IN A
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