Let me clarify, my first book that I recall buying with my own money. It cost about $15 and I was told it was too expensive. But it was agreed I could buy it if I earned the money. I was subbing for a friend on his paper route and while not very steady, I earned enough over a month or two to order the book. I poured over every page, every map, every photograph countless times. The cover is taken on Little Round Top and is the stature of General Warren who climbed the hill and saw its strategic value and that confederates were moving toward the base. He immediately sent troops to the top and they were there just in time to prevent the South from occupying the height that would have dramatically changed the battle.
Over the years I have visited Gettysburg countless times but I never took a photo of Warren like the cover of “my” book. Until last night. I was there the sun was setting and I tried to recreate the cover I remembered. I could not get the sun to move from behind the cloud but that was OK. I did, it turned out, shoot the photo too high, but I got the angle pretty well from memory. It was not the photo I liked the best that night, that would be the last one of this post. Lots of fun in the heat!
And, yes, of course I still have the book.
