Devil's Den - Battle of Gettysburg by civil war artist Bradley Schmehl

Devil's Den - Gettysburg by Bradley Schmehl, available from Prickly Pear Galleries.

 

July 2nd, 1863- 4:30 pm--

As we view the scene before us, we are standing near the bank of Plum Run Creek, which is behind us and looking north-northwest at the Devil’s Den. We see an officer urging on the men of the 17th Georgia. They are contending with infantry fire from the front (the crest of Little Round Top) and left flanks (Houck’s Ridge, where the 99th Pennsylvania has wheeled to there left rear and is raining down heavy fire on the Rebs), as well as canister fire from a two-gun section of Captain James Smith’s 4th New York Light Artillery.

 

Print and Canvas released 1998.