Saturday Duty
Saturdays are normally Daddy-daughter time, starting with family breakfast and the newspaper. But this Saturday was a work Saturday, so I was up and gone before Gracie was awake. The downside is that we didn't get to spend much time together. The upside is I got to see some really interesting things.
Most notably, I went behind Confederate lines for a time at a recreation of the Battle of Fisher's Hill. I snapped a few quick pictures at the top of the hill (after some Union skirmishers took a shot at me).
One of the Confederate skirmishers attempting to hold back Union probes of the line. While they didn't break through while I was on the hill, history records that they were outflanked and routed just two days later.
Fisher's Hill is in such good condition that some of the original stuff from the battle is still there, most notably this tree. Confederate sharpshooters perched here at one point in the battle in an effort to pick off Union officers.
The view from the top is stunning. Looking roughly northeast, you can see Massanutten Mountain and the Blue Ridge in the distance... and haze. Saturday was miserably hot.
Most notably, I went behind Confederate lines for a time at a recreation of the Battle of Fisher's Hill. I snapped a few quick pictures at the top of the hill (after some Union skirmishers took a shot at me).
One of the Confederate skirmishers attempting to hold back Union probes of the line. While they didn't break through while I was on the hill, history records that they were outflanked and routed just two days later.
Fisher's Hill is in such good condition that some of the original stuff from the battle is still there, most notably this tree. Confederate sharpshooters perched here at one point in the battle in an effort to pick off Union officers.
The view from the top is stunning. Looking roughly northeast, you can see Massanutten Mountain and the Blue Ridge in the distance... and haze. Saturday was miserably hot.
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