Gettysburg Witness Tree Field Guides

Gettysburg Witness Tree Field Guides Explore the battlefield like never before.

Our unique book series connect you to Gettysburg’s past—rooted in history, shaped by the stories of its legendary Witness Trees.

🌳 Walk where history lives.

10/25/2025

Reel #5: General Warren's Witness Trees on Little Round Top: two of the tupelo trees that "witnessed" General Warren's alarming visit to Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 - when he discovered there were no Union troops defending the left flank of the army!

10/18/2025

Reel #4: This redcedar tree witnessed the wounding of General John Bell Hood just as the Day 2 attack at Gettysburg began.

10/10/2025

Reel #3: Witnesses to the suicidal charge of the 27th Indiana across Spangler's Meadow.

The Witness Trees of Gettysburg Series is available in many stores in town, including the Gettysburg Heritage Center, wh...
10/09/2025

The Witness Trees of Gettysburg Series is available in many stores in town, including the Gettysburg Heritage Center, where the books get their own cubby-hole.
Many thanks to Megan Warner at the Heritage Center for her tremendous support of your humble author and his books.

10/03/2025

"The Mysterious Tag on the Iron Brigade Witness Tree."
Reel #2 is now on our YouTube channel! (We are not counting the first trial video).

09/29/2025

Here is a brand-new reel on the witness tree behind the 147th PA monument on Geary Avenue. I am getting the hang of this now!

09/26/2025

First attempt at a reel!
We are now on Instagram too.

Yours truly (on the left) with Greg Allen, owner of Gettysburg Sentinels. We were at the Camp Letterman witness tree thi...
09/11/2025

Yours truly (on the left) with Greg Allen, owner of Gettysburg Sentinels. We were at the Camp Letterman witness tree this week filming a video on behalf of Greg's business.

What and where is the Camp Letterman tree? This is a mind-bogglingly massive white oak standing behind the Subway restaurant on the York Pike just east of Gettysburg proper. This tree stands on the northern edge of what was an 80-acre general hospital, created after the Battle of Gettysburg to care for those wounded soldiers whose injuries were so severe that they could not be moved to proper hospitals in Baltimore and other large cities.

Gettysburg Sentinels is the place to go to obtain beautiful, hand-crafted mementoes made of genuine, reclaimed witness tree wood. Visit his website, www.GettysburgSentinels.com today!

In my spare time I volunteer with the Park Service in Gettysburg. I have met so many fascinating stewards of history an...
08/09/2025

In my spare time I volunteer with the Park Service in Gettysburg. I have met so many fascinating stewards of history and nature. My friend, ranger Tom Holbrook (right), has lived for almost three decades in the George Weikert house on United States Avenue in Gettysburg, longer than any other person—whether farmer or park staff employee—ever did. Pretty cool!

A friend recently used the field guides on the battlefield and sent these photos of it in action!
08/08/2025

A friend recently used the field guides on the battlefield and sent these photos of it in action!

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