Site pictures
June 21, 2009 — jlgarrottHere are some pictures I took during a recent trip to scout the Bristoe Station Battlefield location:
Field at Bristoe Station :I was excited to find that the elements of nature on the battfield are not noticabley landscaped…I forsee some great shots of soldiers running through the high grass…
Hill at Bristoe :This is the hill where McIntosh’s guns were located and subsequently captured, if I can aquire an actual gun that is where the scene will be depicted, if not then maybe I’ll just have to pretend that Petersburg = this hill.
A lovely pond :Perhaps supplied some drinking water to passing soldiers…
Lamb’s Ear : …aka Civil War soldier’s toilet paper. The question of what Civil War soldiers used for this purpose was raised in my Civil War Era class this past semester so since I knew the alternate use of this plant with soft fuzzy leaves I was excited to find it growing naturally on a battlefield. Too much info? Maybe…
Luckily for me it happened to be a wonderful, picturesque day so maybe some of these will become film stills?! You saw it here first my friends, a special sneak peak.