A gift certificate from Segway Tours of Gettysburg is the perfect holiday gift! You can give the gift of specific Segway tour(s) or for any dollar amount that you choose.

We’ll ship the attractive gift certificate to you by mail or (if you waited until the last minute) we can even email it so that you can print it on your color printer.

Gift certificates can only be purchased by phone so call us today at 717-253-7987 and let us prepare the gift that your loved ones will be talking about until all winter!

Gary regaled the tour participants with stories about “Jimmy” Longstreet and the statue. He explained, for instance, that he designed the statue to be at eye level so that people could really see and touch the General — whereas on most equestrian statues one can only see “whether the horse is a mare or a stallion”.

Gary left Megan with a signed copy of his book, “It’s About Time; Sculpting of the General James Longstreet Memorial” (Four Winds Studio, 1984).

Readers can find out more about Gary on his web site, www.garycasteel.com.

Thanks, Gary!

But this year we were treated with a color we don’t often see on the trees in October — white! Like many others in the Northeast, we were hit last weekend with a freak snowstorm. The ice and snow even caused some trees and electrical lines to fall, resulting in many road closures in the Park.

That's the 63rd Pennsylvania monument at the corner of Emmitsburg Road and Millerstown/Wheatfield Road.

We regret that most of the tours were cancelled over the weekend but there are several weeks of the the tour season left so make your reservation now! Just come prepared for some brisk weather. If you don’t have some gloves, we even have some that you can borrow.

Here are some more photos from the 2011 Gettysburg Halloween Parade:

Sherry

Cathy

Meghan

Gary

Jessie

A close-up of Jessie's excellent hand-made horse

We’re still looking for a photo of Chuck …

Bob's wizard costume alongside the talented seamstress, Lissa Soergel (Mom). Bob is the one on the right :-)

Our Segway demonstration was a big hit. Staff members Bob, Cathy, Sherry, Meghan, Chuck, Gary, and Jessie wowed the crowd and handed out candy to the children. According to today’s Gettysburg Times, we won third place in the costume category.

Here’s a short video of our group. Sadly, it was after 9pm and there was very little street lighting so we apologize for the low visibility.

The parade begins at the Middle School and will travel north on Baltimore Street, onto Lincoln Square, east on York Street and south on Liberty, returning to the school. The rain date is Wednesday, October 26.

We need a volunteer to videotape us for posterity. If you’re able to help, please let us know. (We’ll provide the video camera).

Gettysburg Graphical Order of Battle

But it is so much more than a typical Order of Battle! The Graphical Order of Battle includes the commander of each army and that of each corps, division, brigade, and regiment, along with his rank and (when available) his photograph, headquarters staff, troop strength/losses, and artillery complement. Corps insignia and notable unit nicknames are also included. The names of participants are color-coded to distinguish those officers who were killed or mortally wounded (red), wounded (pink), and missing/captured (blue border) — and, in those cases, the chart shows the succession of command over the course of the 3-day battle.

All recipients of the Medal of Honor for action at Gettysburg are included, regardless of rank. (Commanders who received the Medal of Honor for service other than Gettysburg are also annotated.)

Finally, a citation is provided to the report of each commander/unit in the Official Records (ORs).

This distant snapshot shows about half of the chart for the Army of the Potomac.

The corps and division levels reflect the battle flags that these units used to distinguish themselves on the battlefield.

Major General Dan Sickles was the commander of III Corps, the insignia and battle flags for which are shown. Sickles was awarded the Medal of Honor. When he was wounded in battle (pink), command fell to Major General David Birney who was also wounded. Click on any image to zoom.

The 20th Massachusetts was commanded by Colonel Paul J. Revere (grandson of the Revolutionary War midnight rider). When Col. Revere was mortally wounded, command of the 20th Mass fell to Lt. Col. Macy. When he too was wounded, Captain Henry Abbott took command of the regiment. As shown, Captain Abbott subsequently filed the 'Official Report' for the regiment (Series 1, Volume 27, page 445).

The 11th New Jersey had six commanders over the course of the 3-day battle. One of them was killed and ALL of the others were wounded. Two of the commanders (McAllister and Schoonover) filed Official Reports about the campaign, as did Captain William A. Dunning. The citations for all three of those reports are shown. As also shown, the regiment started the battle with 275 men and, of those, 17 were killed or mortally wounded, 124 were wounded, and 12 were missing or captured.

The Graphical Order of Battle for the Army of the Potomac (Union) is 18 feet wide (!) and is finished. The chart for the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate) is 15 feet wide and is also on display at our location but it is a work in progress.

Come by to take a look:
Segway Tours and Rides of Gettysburg
22 Springs Avenue, Gettysburg
717-253-7987

Sherry Rudisill stumbled across Trace Adkins on the battlefield while leading a Segway tour. She couldn’t help interrupting the tour long enough to run over to him and get this photo. It was a great day on the battlefield for Sherry!

According to our spies, the enemy is planning the largest incursion into this part of the country in almost a year. I am pleased to report our progress in defense of the Borough of Gettysburg from this threat of invasion by the Army of Tourists.

To date, we have destroyed the bridges and affected strategic road closures on at least four of the main arteries into town, deterring access from the south, west, and north.

Since the newspapers in enemy territory have detailed a plan to demonstrate to the southwest of this town in early July, we have taken all necessary steps to impede any further progress towards town by those unwelcome hordes by way of the Emmittsburg, Taneytown, or Fairfield roads.

Should the invaders flank our defensive lines and gain access to the town, they will find their movements severely restricted by additional barricades and road closures. Any enemy units that dare to hold a position in town in order to harass our merchants will have their wagons and other conveyances targeted by our sharpshooters who will make them pay for their poor judgment.

Residents and merchants of this town will naturally find their own movements and access to supply trains limited by these necessary actions in defense of the town. But they have been assured that we will lift many of the access restrictions later in the year, after the greatest threat of invasion has passed.

Colonel Bob Velke
Militia in Defense of Gettysburg

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It is our anniversary! This week marks a full year that we’ve been rated the #1 tour in Gettysburg by the popular travel site, TripAdvisor.com.

(Actually, we were also previously rated the #1 activity overall in Gettysburg but last winter TripAdvisor starting ranking tours separately from other types of activities.)

We’ve also been awarded a Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvisor because of our longstanding and consistent record of five-star reviews from our customers.

Thanks to all who have posted reviews or have otherwise helped to spread the word about the fun and educational Segway tours of Gettysburg!