Jim Fredlund Photography

Jim Fredlund Photography My photography is driven by a deep passion for history and a love for capturing the enduring beauty of America’s most iconic landmarks.

My focus has always been on American Civil War battlefields, national monuments, and historic covered bridges.

07/13/2026

⚾ Step back to 1864.

Each July, the Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival brings together clubs from across the country to play America's pastime as it was played during the Civil War era. Using period uniforms, vintage equipment, and the rules and customs of 1864, the festival offers a unique glimpse into the game's earliest days.

History isn't always found on monuments or battlefields. Sometimes it's found on a ball field, where the crack of a wooden bat and the cheers of the crowd bring another chapter of the past back to life.

These are a few moments from one of Gettysburg's most unique living history traditions.

⚾ Best viewed with sound.

07/13/2026

Storms have a way of transforming even the most familiar landscapes.

Over Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, shifting clouds, changing light, and gathering weather create a scene that feels both peaceful and powerful. For a few moments, the sky becomes the story.

Sometimes it's worth slowing down to watch nature put on its own performance.

🎥 Best viewed in full screen with sound.

07/13/2026

Clouds drift across the sky above Devil's Den, where some of the fiercest fighting of July 2, 1863 unfolded.

Today, only the wind moves through the rocks.

Thirty seconds to slow down, look around, and appreciate one of Gettysburg's most iconic landscapes.

07/12/2026

Hancock Avenue is one of the most recognizable roads on the Gettysburg Battlefield, tracing part of the Union line defended during the battle in July 1863.

Named for Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, the avenue passes through ground where his leadership helped shape the Union defense during one of the most decisive moments of the Civil War. Today, the sounds of traffic have replaced those of artillery, but the landscape still invites reflection.

Sometimes the best way to experience history is simply to slow down and take the road less hurried.

Have you ever driven Hancock Avenue, or do you have a favorite road through Gettysburg National Military Park?

The Last CrossingFor more than a century, trains crossed the streets of Cairo as railroads connected the city to the res...
07/11/2026

The Last Crossing
For more than a century, trains crossed the streets of Cairo as railroads connected the city to the rest of the country. This signal marked the last remaining public railroad crossing in Cairo. Today, it is gone. Only photographs remain to document the end of a chapter that helped build the city.

07/11/2026

The End of the Line | Neill Avenue, Gettysburg
Beyond Gettysburg's well-known landmarks lies one of the battlefield's quietest and least-visited places.
Neill Avenue is a small, isolated corner of the battlefield where stone monuments, weathered walls, and a simple roadside marker tell the story of "the end of the line." Time has transformed the landscape, and today this historic tract is surrounded by private property, making legal access available only with the permission of the surrounding landowner.
Presented in black and white, this short film isn't about the battle itself—it's about the silence that remains, the passage of time, and the places that ask us to slow down and simply look.
See you along the road.

07/11/2026

Where Silence Returned

Summer clouds drift over the Mumma Farm at Antietam, where one of the battlefield's most recognizable landscapes now stands in remarkable peace.

On September 17, 1862, these fields witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the Maryland Campaign. Today, the wind through the trees and the changing sky remind us that while the battle has long since passed, the landscape still carries its memory.

Sometimes the quiet tells the story better than words ever could.

📍 Mumma Farm • Antietam National Battlefield

"The Shopkeeper"
07/10/2026

"The Shopkeeper"

07/10/2026

When Gettysburg Awakens

Before visitors arrive and the roads begin to fill, Gettysburg belongs to the morning.

As the first light breaks over the battlefield, ground fog drifts quietly across the monuments, stone walls, and fields where history unfolded more than 160 years ago. For a few brief moments, the landscape is wrapped in silence, revealing a side of Gettysburg that few people ever experience.

This is one of those mornings.

📍 Gettysburg National Military Park

07/10/2026

Circling Little Round Top

Some roads are more than a way to get from one place to another.

This drive follows the roads that circle Little Round Top—one of the most important pieces of ground at Gettysburg. Today, they're lined with stone walls, mature forests, and quiet overlooks. On July 2, 1863, this same landscape witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War.

Nearly 163 years later, the battlefield has traded the sounds of cannon and musket fire for birdsong and passing cars, but the history remains around every bend.

Ride along as we circle one of Gettysburg's most iconic landscapes from a unique roadside perspective.

📍 Little Round Top
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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