51037 - Boulders and Rocks (Little Round Top, Devils Den, etc.) W. Britain Museum Collection 31119 - Confederate Advancing at

31119 - Confederate Advancing at Right Shoulder Shift in Frock Coat No

47057 - British Horse Guards (Blues) Officer

for a brief moment

who were composed of sophisticates

Later musketeers were equipped with plug bayonets (which fitted into the end of the musket muzzle) so now they could both to fire and defend themselves though not simultaneously

51037 - Boulders and Rocks (Little Round Top, Devils Den, etc.) W. Britain Museum Collection 31119 - Confederate Advancing atBoulders and Rocks The thin soil on many of the sides and tops of the hills at Gettysburg also made it almost impossible for Union soldiers to entrench themselves. The resistant bedrock was so close to the surface that the troops were unable to dig in. Instead they had to rely on the boulders scattered across the landscape to provide cover and establish strategic defensive positions. Formidable as the 180 million year old rock formations were soldiers