History & local legend
An early-1970s encounter at Gettysburg’s Angle was told to author Mark Nesbitt by a local police officer. Parked near the stone wall while completing paperwork, the officer saw a uniformed horseman stop and study the field. Assuming it was a ranger he knew, he waved. The rider remained silent and eventually rode away.
When the officer later asked his friend about the incident, the ranger said it had not been him. The park’s horses worked during daylight and were not ordinarily ridden at night.
