I drive through Gettysburg every time I head back up to New York, and yet I have never stopped there. While my family was here visiting, we took a mini-trip to visit. It was, of course, close to 100 degrees, sunny, and completely miserable. I hate the heat. Fortunately, it is now possible to hire a personal tour guide to drive your car around the battlefield so as to not leave the air conditioning. With 5 people, it's cheaper to hire a guide than to take the bus tour.
I did not realize how big the battleground was. The battle took place over the entire town and surrounding farms for miles. It would be possible to walk it all, but it would have taken all day just to get from one battle site to another, and the heat would have killed me long before I made it from one side of town to the other. I learned a lot about the military tactics involved in the war. It's one of those things that is not taught in school simply because there is not enough time. Battle strategy is rather interesting, in retrospect and if no lives are riding on one's understanding of it.
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