This is, of course, the 17th CVI site on most days. However, with due deference to the battlefield sidekick, who did not ask to come along on this trip but had no choice, I had little choice myself to bring her to see some sites that would interest her more than bugs and rocks and nearly everything except history.
As best as I can tell, the sidekick is not a student of the 5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. No, her interest is with what is across from the monument…
Now this is something the sidekick could relate to. She liked this so much, in fact, tat she did her best to strike a similar pose!
After seeing the previous monument, the sidekick had to see the only other dog memorialized on the field. This is what happens when River meets Sallie at the 11th PA monument. It’s almost a Ferris Bueller at the Chicago Art Institute moment here.
It took a little explaining to the sidekick that this is not a dog. Forced perspective meant nothing to her. The NPS should have allowed a base for Longstreet’s statue. Here the sidekick is really trying to see what the General is looking at.