128, xv p. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) 17 cm.
Notes
Preface signed: William Ralston Balch.
Appendix: Roster of troops engaged in the battle.
Summary
The author writes in 1885 about the battle. By "Historical Account "he says he wishes to present facts about how the battle played out without critiquing the planning or the execution of the encounter.
Lebanon County Historical Society papers and addresses v. IV no. 4.
Notes
"Paper read before the Lebanon County Historical Society, October 18, 1907."
Summary
The article tells the story of a group of soldiers who used the flags of the regiment to deceive the enemy at Gettysburg. They moved from the Regiment's position in order to give the impression that the entire regiment had moved.
Chapters : First Light --- All Talk --- They're Here --- They're Gone --- Storm Clouds --- The First Day --- The Second Day --- The Third Day --- The Fourth of July --- Sunday "Sabbath of Suffering " --- Monday " Up From The Ashes " --- Tuesday " Food Bandages and Prayer " --- Wednesday "More Surprises " --- Thursday " On The Move" --- Friday "A week of Peace " --- July 11 - 12 " The Living and The Dying " --- July 13 - 19 " Some Go Home " --- July 20 - 31 " An End To Nursing " --- August and September " Lingering Effects " --- November 19 " Four Score and Seven " --- Epilogue --- List of Hospital Sites
Summary
"Many books have documented the military repercussions of the Battle of Gettysburg - but never before has an author delved so deeply into what has been a nearly untapped historical resource: the accounts of the town's 2,400 civilians, who became combatants and casualties, spies and stretcher-bearers - eyewitnesses all to this momentous event." [from GoodReads]
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 65, no. 3
Summary
Upon the death of Lancaster's General John Reynolds at the Battle of Gettysburg, a gold ring on a chain was found around his neck. It was inscribed "Dear Kate." The Reynolds family had not known that Reynoldshad planned to marry Catherine Mary Hewitt, "Kate". They did not even know of her until she visited Reynolds sister's home in Philadelphia to view his body. Ms Hewitt and General Reynolds had planned that if he did not survive the war, she would enter a convent. She followed through with the plan and entered a convent in Emittsburg,Pa. She left the service to the church 5 years later. The writer of this article could not determine what then happened to Kate.
"Produced for Rivertownes PA USA in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge on 28 June 1863, this program narrates the dramatic story of the bridge's destruction and details the valiant attempt of an outnumbered detachment of raw Union militia to halt the advance of Confederate Brigadier General John Gordon's determined veteran infantry."
Also "introduces the poignant, very risky participation of a company of free blacks from Columbia."
Encounter at Hanover: prelude to Gettysburg; story of the invasion of Pennsylvania culminating in the Battles of Hanover and Gettysburg, June and July, 1863; with a bicentennial view of the town founded by Colonel Richard McAllister in 1763
