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U.S. Army Military History Institute Civil War-Battles-1863-Gettysburg 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 27 Apr 2012 U.S. Army Military History Institute Civil War-Battles-1863-Gettysburg 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 27 Apr 2012 GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN & BATTLE, JUN-JUL, 1863 A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources PERSONAL EXPERIENCES CONTENTS Eyewitness Accounts -Military Participants....p.1 -Civilian Experiences....p.2 State Participation -Northern....p.4 -Southern....p.6 MILITARY PARTICIPANTS Brown, Varina D. A Colonel at Gettysburg and Spotsylvania. [COL Joseph N. Brown, SC] Baltimore: Butternut & Blue, n.d. 333 p. E467.1.B77.B72. Byrne, Frank L., & Weaver, Andrew T., editors. Haskell of Gettysburg: His Life and Civil War Papers. Madison, WI: State Hist Soc of WI, 1970. 258 p. E601.H345. Collins, Mary Ruth, & Stouffer, Cindy A. One Soldiers' Legacy: The National Homestead at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Pubs, 1993. 128 p. F159.G5.C64. [Amos Humiston, 154th New York] Dartmouth College. Class of 1854. A History of the Class of 1854 in Dartmouth College, Including Col. Haskell's Narrative of the Battle of Gettysburg. Boston: Mudge, 1898. 153 p. LD1435.6.1854 Harwell, Richard, editor. Two Views of Gettysburg. Chicago: Lakeside, 1964. 264 p. E475.53.T87. Recollections of Arthur Fremantle & Frank A. Haskell. Haskell, Frank. The Battle of Gettysburg. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1958 reprint of 1908 & 1910 editions. 169 p. E475.53.H342. _____. "The Haskell Letter on the Battle of Gettysburg." n.p., 1929. 46 p. E475.53.H342. Authored on 16 Jul 1863 near Harpers' Ferry. Gettysburg-Personal Experiences p.2 "A Midnight Ride: A Young Telegrapher Carries an Urgent Message." Civil War Times Illustrated (Mar/Apr 1994): pp. 24 & 69. Per. [Ten Eyck Fonda's search for Meade's HQ with message from Secretary of War Stanton]. Nesbitt, Mark. 35 Days to Gettysburg: The Campaign Diaries of Two American Enemies. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1992. 208 p. E475.51.N47. [Thomas L. Ware, 15th Georgia Infantry & Franklin Horner, 41st Pennsylvania Infantry]. Winschel, Terrence J. "The Gettysburg Diary of Lieutenant William Peel." Gettysburg Magazine No. 9: pp. 98-107. E475.53.G482no9. [11th Mississippi Infantry]. CIVILIAN EXPERIENCES Alleman, Tillie P. At Gettysburg: Or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1971 reprint of 1889 edition. 118 p. E475.53.A42. Barnitz, Richard. "Return to Gettysburg." American Legion Magazine (Jul 1942): pp. 24-25 & 38-41. Per. [Concerns the Wentz Family]. Beitler, Margaret. Jimmy at Gettysburg: A True Story About the Battle for All Ages. Gettysburg, PA: Horner, 1992. 32 p. E475.53.B43. Civilian experience handed down thru family. Black, Linda G. "Three Heroines of Gettysburg." Gettysburg Magazine No. 11 (Jul 1994): pp. 119-25. E475.53.G482no11. [Elizabeth Thorn, Carrie Sheads & Fannie J. Buehler]. _____. "War Comes to Professor Michael Jacobs." Gettysburg Magazine No. 6 (Jan 1992): pp. 99-106. E475.53.G482no6. Borrit, Gabor. “Gettysburg After the Storm.” Civil War Times (Jan 2007): pp. 38-45. Per. Broadhead, Sarah M. The Diary of a Lady of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, From June 15 to July 15, 1863. Hershey, PA: Gary T. Hawbaker, 1990. 24 p. E475.53.B76. Buehler, Fannie J. Recollections of the Rebel Invasion and One Woman's Experiences during the Battle of Gettysburg. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1973. 29 p. E475.53.B93. Conklin, Eileen F. "Elmina Keeler: Matron, 147th New York." Gettysburg Magazine No. 8 (Jan 1993): pp. 121-126. E475.53.G482no8. _____. Women at Gettysburg, 1863. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas, 1993. 430 p. E475.53.C66. Gettysburg-Personal Experiences p.3 Dreese, Michael A. “Ordeal in the Lutheran Theological Seminary: The Recollections of First Lt. Jeremiah Hoffman, 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteers.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 23: pp. 100-10. E475.53.G482no23. Includes information on civilians caring for wounded after battle. Felton, Silas. “A Woman’s Story: Three Days of Revel Rule, and William Hamilton Bayly’s Story of the Battle.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 41: pp. 106-22. E475.53.G482no41. Foster, John Y. "Four Days at Gettysburg." CW Times Illustrated (Apr 1972): pp. 19-22. Per. Experience of civilian worker with Philadelphia relief expedition condensed from Feb 1864 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Grimm, Herbert L., & Roy, Paul L. Human Interest Stories of the Three Days Battles at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, PA: Times & News, 1927. 62 p. E475.53.G86. Georg, Kathleen R. "Edward McPherson Farm: Historical Summary." Typescript, GNMP, 1977. 204 p. F159G5G45.1977a. [Includes experiences of tenant farmers living there] Jacobs, Michael. "Later Rambles over the Field of Gettysburg." US Service Magazine (1864): pp. 66-76 & 158-168. Per. _____. Notes on the Rebel Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania and the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863. Gettysburg, PA: Star & Sentinel, 1884. 43 p. E475.51.J17. "John Burns of Gettysburg." Civil War Times Illustrated (Aug 1980): pp. 34-35. Per. Johnston, J.W. The True Story of "Jennie" Wade, a Gettysburg Maid. Rochester, NY: Johnston, 1917. 35 p. E475.53.J65. McCurdy, Charles M. Gettysburg: A Memoir. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1973 reprint of 1929 edition. 35 p. E475.53.M13. Martz, Jason. “It Was Not a Happy Time: What the Civilians of Gettysburg Saw and Heard during the Battle.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 18: pp. 114-28. E475.53G482no8. Patterson, John S. "John Burns and Jennie Wade: The Hero and Heroine of Gettysburg?" Paper, American Folklore Socieyt, 1989. 17 p. E475.53.P37. Robinson, Paul D., compiler. Two Ladies at Gettysburg: Personal Accounts of Two Volunteer Women in the Field After the Battle. Kensington, MD: Village Pr, 1973. 38 p. E475.52.R6. Rodgers, Sarah S. The Ties of the Past: The Gettysburg Diaries of Salome Myers Stewart, 1854-1922. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas, 1996. 287 p. E475.53.S84. Shay, Ralph, editor. "Reflections on the Battle of Gettysburg." Lebanon County Historical Society (1963): pp. 275-303. E475.53.R43. [Letter by town resident, Jennie McCreary and 1890 address by Rev. F.J.F. Schantz] Gettysburg-Personal Experiences p.4 Skelly, Daniel A. A Boys Experiences during the Battles of Gettysburg. Gettysburg, PA: By the Author, 1932. 28 p. E475.53.S5. Small, Cindy L. The Jennie Wade Story: A True and Complete Account of the Only Civilian Killed During the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas, 1991. 88 p. E475.53.S62. Smith, Timothy H. John Burns: “The Hero of Gettysburg.” Gettysburg, PA: Thomas, 2000. 205 p. E475.53.B86. _____. “John Rupp of Gettysburg.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 19: pp. 125-28. E475.53.G482no19. _____, editor. “The Story of Albertus McCreary: A Boy’s Experience of the Battle.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 17: pp. 118-28. E475.53.G482no17. Thompson, Michael L. “A Young Girl at Gettysburg, Tillie Pierce: A Firsthand Look at the Battle.” Gettysburg Magazine No. 15: pp. 101-06. E475.53.G482no15. See also: -sections on Medical and Women in Gettysburg-Special Aspects. STATE PARTICIPATION-Northern Baumgartner, Richard A. Buckeye Blood: Ohio at Gettysburg. Huntington, WV: Blue Acorn, 2003. 253 p. E475.53.B36. Benedict, George G. Vermont at Gettysburgh (sic): A Sketch of the Part Taken by Vermont Troops in the Battle of Gettysburg. Burlington, VT: Free Press, 1870. 27 p. E475.53.B468. Chamberlain, Johsua L. Address at the Dedication of the Maine Monuments, Battlefield at Gettysburg, October 3, 1889. Portland, ME: Lakeside Pr, 1898. 16 p. E465.53.C52. Dalton, Pete & Cyndi. Into the Valley of Death: The Story of the 4th Maine Volunteer Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. 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