Maine at War posts for June 2025
In June 2025, Maine at War explored the rehabilitated Little Round Top, reopened last summer by the National Park Service. Readers checked out the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment’s site, walked along the rehabilitated paths on LRT’s summit, and found out where and where not to park. And Maine at War then set out for Gettysburg with the hungry Pvt. John Haley of the 17th Maine Infantry Regiment.
June 4, 2025: The 20th Maine’s “new look” on Little Round Top
The Little Round Top rehabilitation altered the “look” of the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment’s site. Visitors will be pleasantly surprised at how the site was restored to its July 2-3, 1863 appearance and how new information panels explain what happened here during late afternoon on July 2.
June 11, 2025: Little Round Top rehabilitated: the same, yet different
Visitors familiar with Gettysburg will discover that the rehabilitated Little Round Top seems the same, yet the hill is different in terms of stone walls, paved walkways, and the “dirt” covering formerly eroded terrain.
June 18, 2025: Don’t identify your car as a bus at Little Round Top
By narrowing Sykes Avenue and installing curbing along it, the National Park Service eliminated “unofficial” parking along the road. The NPS built-out additional bus parking at the official LRT parking lot. Parking a car in a bus spot is expensively ill-advised.
June 25, 2025: John Haley and the 17th Maine marched hungry to Gettysburg
The 17th Maine Infantry Regiment started marching north (unbeknownst to Gettysburg) on Thursday, June 11, 1863. Private John Haley of Co. I wrote about the heat, humidity, and rain plaguing the regiment’s tramp – and he especially recalled the hunger accompanying the Mainers during their last miles to Gettysburg.
