The Gettysburg Battlefield "Then and Now"

I love seeing paintings/old photographs and comparing them to what the ground looks like in the modern day. This particular "Then and Now" features a painting and a photograph. The top image is a representation of the collapse of Brigadier General J.H. Ward's brigade atop Houck's Ridge and Devil's Den. In the background at left are the Texans and Alabamians beginning their assault on Little Round Top. The bottom image is what that area of the battlefield looks like today.



Here's another taken from atop Little Round Top in 1900 compared to what it looks like today. The field in which the top photograph is focused on is The Wheatfield, where more than 5,000 Union and Confederate soldiers fell dead or wounded on the second day of the battle.






Here's one taken of McPherson's Ridge where the Battle of Gettysburg officially began on July 1, 1863. The top photograph was taken by Matthew Brady just weeks after the battle had ended.



Here's the exact area where the first shot of the Battle of Gettysburg was fired:




Here's another photograph taken by Matthew Brady just weeks after the battle had ended, this one is of Little Round Top:





Union defenses atop Culp's Hill just after the battle ended compared to what they look like today: