Bushman Hill Artillery Installation

Park staff recently placed two cannon carriages and tubes of Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery back to their rightful place on the battlefield after the carriages were meticulously refurbished. Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery sits atop Bushman Hill, just south of Big Round Top.

[@ed_doadt]

Always good to see Michael back on the job!

[@marymoriarity2555]

Very well done. Thank you

[@princeofmoskova]

Great work, thank you!

[@dochughes]

Excellent! My only question is, is the little yellow and orange machine a limber or a caisson?

[@00zero11b]

Love Gettysburg

[@RobbyHouseIV]

Good job! I take it if there was a Federal battery present on Bushman Hill it couldn't have been there until sometime on Day 3 right?

[@fireman19841]

Morning of July 3rd: July 3 Arrived on the field and took position on a hill southwest of Round Top and engaged under Brig. General E. J. Farnsworth in the afternoon against the Confederate right.

[@RobbyHouseIV]

@@fireman19841 Never understood why the Confederates seemingly gave up possession of Big Round Top during the night of July 2nd.

[@corrietapp3178]

Are the cannons repro or the real historical thing?

[@marymoriarity2555]

There seems to be a lot of these on the battlefield. This one goes si fast what are you supposed to learn?

[@carywest9256]

I bet not one round was fired by the Yankees sitting on this hill?

[@fireman19841]

Incorrect actually... July 3 Arrived on the field and took position on a hill southwest of Round Top and engaged under Brig. General E. J. Farnsworth in the afternoon against the Confederate right. One member of the gun crew was killed.