Cropped from a larger photo, I watched this couple as they seemed unaware of the battle that was playing out just one field away.

The battle was always the main point of interest of the crowd watching the scene play out before them. I found my interest straying from the firing lines to the more subtle human interactions scattered throughout the rollings hills surrounding the action of the battle. The participants were not just actors, they were part of something they really believed in...making history come alive...not just the smoke of the muskets and the thunder of the canons but how this war or any war must have affected real people... perhaps seeing their loved ones for the last time.

I found myself wondering what was in the box...memento of a life lived together...again opening the chance for us to imagine.