Where exactly is the Lee statue relative to the rest of the park? The article you linked to said the park bought the land and the statue in 2005. How far away from the rest of the park is it? If I had known where it was, I’d have gone to see it.
My son and I climbed the tower. We also found the Texas monument, erected by the state in 1964 out of Texas granite. There is a similar Texas monument at Shiloh. We also saw a Georgia monument at Antietam.
Some of the modern looking plaques/informational signs show graphically the number of men on both sides of the particular area of the battle it describes. One of those at the sunken road shows 10,000 Federal troops versus 3,000 Confederates. The one at Burnside’s Bridge showed 500 Confederates versus 5,200 Federals.
Gee...you’re right:
“But there were never plans to remove the statue then, and there are none now, acting park superintendent Ed Wenschhof said recently”
Probably nobody told me because they knew I’d pop a gasket.
I don’t trust the libs who run the battlefield as far as I can throw them...or their “no plans” weasel words.
When you leave the park by the main entrance, you turn left, go all the way to the stop sign at Sharpsburg, turn left again [the battlefield cemetery is on your right as you go around the corner] and then drive about 3 miles to the Newcomer Farm property.
As soon as you see the big barn....STOP! and look -back- over your shoulder to the left.
You can’t miss it.
The red dot is about where it is:
http://www.walagata.com/w/the-salamander/6515466.jpg
You guys must have gone over the battlefield with a fine-tooth comb to find any Southern stones.
Good show...:)
