Powers Hill Tree Removal Part 3

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<div class="divcap">This is a view of Powers Hill taken apprxoximately 15 years after the Battle of Gettysburg. The house and barn belonged to Nathaniel Lightner at the time of the battle, and at the time when the photograph was taken. The Baltimore Pike is in the foreground. Notice how the section of Powers Hill above the house was clear. <span class="photo_stamp">This image, which is in the collection of Gettysburg National Military Park, was taken facing south circa 1878.</div>
The tree cutting on Powers Hill for approximately the last month has been significant. One Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide has commented that now he has an idea what the slopes of the currently overgrown Culp's Hill looked like at the time of the battle.

To see previous related posts:

Powers Hill Tree Removal Part 2 on September 9, 2011
<a href="http://www.gettysburgdaily.com/?p=11893">Powers Hill Tree Removal: Update on August 19, 2011</a>
<a href="http://www.gettysburgdaily.com/?p=11769">Powers Hill Tree Removal Begins on August 4, 2011</a>
West Point's Class of 1861 Part 4 with Licensed Battlefield Guide Christina Moon on June 22, 2011
<a href="http://www.gettysburgdaily.com/?p=10206">Powers Hill Prepared for Tree Removal: Part 2 on February 28, 2011</a>
Granite Schoolhouse Lane on December 23, 2010
<a href="http://www.gettysburgdaily.com/?p=9520">Powers Hill Prepared for Tree Removal on December 20, 2010</a>
Spangler's Spring Area Tree Removal Progress Part 2 on November 3, 2010
Spangler's Spring Area Tree Removal Progress on October 25, 2010
Spangler's Spring Tree Cutting (Lack of Tree Cutting) Update on November 21, 2009
Evergreen Cemetery Part 4 with Licensed Battlefield Guide Deb Novotny on September 14, 2009
James McAllister Farm (Baltimore Pike) Tree Clearing Update on June 18, 2009
James McAllister Farm Tree Clearing Update on April 16, 2009
Tree Clearing Between the Baltimore Pike and Spangler's Spring on March 11, 2009
Powers Hill on April 10, 2008

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<div class="divcap">Speaking of Nathaniel Lightner, he died 100 years ago this month because of an accident with a tree. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing south at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">The Gettysburg Times for Wednesday, November 15, 2011 printed the following: "Nathaniel Lightner died at this home along the Baltimore pike about two miles from Gettysburg Tuesday night (Gettysburg Daily note November 14, 2011), aged 87 years and 9 months." <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">"Mr. Lightner died from internal injuries sustained on Monday morning. He was pulling over a tree, which had blown down during Sunday night’s storm, when his foot slipped and he fell across a stone with the tree on top of him. He was able to walk to the house where he was given immediate attention but death resulted Tuesday night." <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing west at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">We've now moved much closer to Powers Hill, which are the trees in the background. The Baltimore Pike is in the foreground. The property on which the buildings sit on the other (west) side of the Baltimore Pike were once part of the Nathaniel Lightner Farm. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing south at approximately 1:15 PM on Saturday, February 26, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">The Civil War Trust and the National Park Service were able to acquire funds to purchase the property and remove the buildings.  <span class="photo_stamp">This view was facing south at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">The headquarters marker for Major General Henry W. Slocum is on the left. The house is shown not too long before it was demolished. Notice the trees in the front yard. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 1:15 PM on Saturday, February 26, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">Now the house and the trees in the front yard are gone. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">Not too far to the left (south) of the Slocum headquarters marker is this new view to the top of Powers Hill from the Baltimore Pike. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">Now from the Baltimore Pike, one may look to the top of Powers Hill...<span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing west at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">... and see the monument to Captain James H. Rigby's Battery A, 1st Maryland Light Artillery (USA). <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing west at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">Hopefully the area on the right (north) of the stone wall will soon be as cleared as the area to the left of the stone wall. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing west at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">We'll try and give you a better idea of how much they have thinned out the woods on Powers Hill. We are standing at the intersection of the Baltimore Pike, running from left to right (north to south) and the Blacksmith Shop Road/McAllister’s Mill Road.<span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing west at approximately 10:30 AM on Sunday, December 19, 2010.</div>
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<div class="divcap">Now we've moved closer to the Baltimore Pike and its juction with Granite Schoolhouse Road. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 1:15 PM on Saturday, February 26, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">The logs have been piled up in the open field south of Powers Hill. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">There is a large working area here... <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing north at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">...where the logs are labeled. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 1:15 PM on Saturday, February 26, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Christina Moon is the host for our series on West Point’s Class of 1861. She is standing along Granite Schoolhouse Road. Powers Hill is in the background. She is here because Lieutenant Charles Hazlett’s Battery D, 5th United States Artillery was located in this area on July 2, 1863 before it was ordered towards the Wheatfield and eventually to Little Round Top. <span class="photo_stamp"> This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 6:00 PM on Thursday June 2, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">We know it's a different time of year than the previous picture, but here's the same view today. If you look closely in the center background... <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">... you can now pick out the monument to Rigby's Battery from Granite Schoolhouse Road. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">We know there's a long way to go on this project, and we will attempt to keep you updated. <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>
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<div class="divcap">Don't you wish the slopes of Culp's Hill and Big Round Top looked like this today? <span class="photo_stamp">This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 8:30 AM on Thursday, November 24, 2011.</div>