Images of America: Gettysburg (Dolly Nasby - AG) gottfried

Images of America: Gettysburg (Dolly Nasby - AG) gottfriedby Dolly Nasby Located about ninety minutes from three major metro areas Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia Gettysburg sits in the "fertile crescent," an area brimming with agricultural possibilities. Founded in the 1700s by James Gettys, the little town became headline material during the Civil War, although area residents never expected to be at the forefront of that controversy. Fate, however, had its way with the town, and Gettysburg found

Edwin Stanton

with its limits on how the state

Nearly one in three of those men ended up a casualty of that battle

No one would have expected them to become friends—or to transform the country

his honor and his disloyalty

Available in various sizes

Dusty Rose

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nineteenth-century Washington

the new weapons of war come clearly into focus

Lg Bag Soldiers w/Horses and Cannons (#853)

James Gindlesperger provides a context for the medical and organizational constraints of the era and then provides details about the aid stations and field hospitals created in the aftermath of the battle