Weapons and Tactics at Gettysburg (National Park Service, 1954)The Weapons
and tactics used at the Battle of Gettysburg were in no way different from those brought into use during other parts in the war. Just as war has always been practiced, weapons influence tactics and this article lists a variety of Civil War rifles and artillery pieces that were put to use during that three day battle. The author also goes to some length describing the manner in which Civil War regiments and brigades marched into battle and the deployment of their supporting artillery batteries.
*Watch a Civil War Musket Demonstration*
Reunion at Gettysburg (The Outlook, 1913) Billy Yank and Johnny Reb
met again, fifty years after the Union victory at Gettysburg:
"The conductor raised his baton and the strains of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' floated out upon the air. All of those gathered upon the dusky lawn - the Picketts, the Longstreets, the daughter of General A.P. Hill, the Meades, the long row of men in gray and gold - became silent, rose to their feet, and uncovered. That was Gettysburg fifty years afterward."
Click here to see the Confederate Uniform worn at the Reunions.
*Watch a Film Clip of the 75th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Battle*
Map of the Battle of Gettysburg (Harper's Weekly, 1863)Attached, you will find a copy of the map
that was printed in the popular American magazine, Harper's Weekly
(published in New York). It clearly illustrates the key areas held by both armies during the first, second and third days of July, 1863 with attention paid to that ground held by the many Generals.
To read the story behind Lincoln's beard, click here.
Reunion at Gettysburg's Bloody Angle (The Literary Digest, 1913)During the Battle of Gettysburg's fiftieth anniversary celebration that took place during the summer 1913, a surviving member of Virginia's Fifty-Sixth Regiment of Infantry encountered the Federal soldier who had saved his life at the Bloody Angle; this is the moving story of their encounter.
*Watch Johnny Reb Shake the Hand of Billy Yank in this 1938 Reunion Footage*
A Study of the Gettysburg Address (The Outlook, 1913)Jesse W. Weik (1857 - 1930) was one of the earliest Lincoln scholars, and in the attached three page article he delved deeply into Lincoln's life in order to understand Lincoln and the thoughts behind his famous speech at Gettysburg:
"In preparation for "Herndon and Weik's Life of Lincoln" (1889), he visited every place in Illinois, Indianan and Kentucky where Abraham Lincoln lived; examined the records of all the lawsuits in which Lincoln was engaged, and talked to everyone he could find who knew Lincoln. For thirty years and more he has made a special study of the sources, written and unwritten, of the personal history of President Lincoln".
Click here to print American Civil War chronologies.
The Career of General George Gordon Meade (The Literary Digest, 1912)A brief article on the military career of Civil War General George Gordon Meade
(1815 - 1872) with particular attention paid to his leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg.
"Meade will not be ranked by the historians with the great commanders, but his career is that of a well-trained, capable, and patriotic soldier, and he must always be remembered in the history of the war and of the country as the General who, for the longest period in its history, held the command of the Army of the Potomac, and to whom came the well-deserved good fortune of winning with this army the decisive battle of the war."
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