This year they are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. I thought that possibly a short article on it might be appropriate for the July issue of -S-. I checked around and found some interesting notes on the subject that were made by Dwight D. Eisenhowers' son, John. I figured that most of his statistics would be about as accurate as I could get.

He mentions that the battlefield covered about a 25 square Mile area and 634 cannon were used and some 569 tons of ammunition were expended. His figures state that there were approximately 51,000 casualties or about one-third of the soldiers on both sides.

If you get a chance to visit the site, an interesting fact was pointed out in the article that I was never aware of when I visited the battlefield. Some of the equestrian statues show the mount with four feet on the ground while others have one or two hoofs off the ground. If the horse has two hoofs off the ground, the rider was killed at the battle of Gettysburg; One hoof up means that the rider waz wounded in the battle; All four on the ground, he was there.