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Faces of Gettysburg, The

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This is a wonderful book that originated from the idea of the Wall of Faces at the Gettysburg Visitors Center. The Gettysburg Nat. Mil. Park Library has received over 500 images donated from families and private collectors. This book(album) contains 200 of these images. Some of the images arrive with a bit of history or family lore. The book is divided into three parts: July 1, July 2, and July 3. The images are arranged into alphabetical order and display the soldiers name, rank, unit, age(some)and the final result of the individual)survived,killed,wounded or captured.) Most of the images show amazing detail and I enjoyed studying the uniforms, weapons and gear that the soldiers actually carried onto the battlefield. Also on page 52 is my distant cousin,Capt.Charles A. Phillips from Salem, MA. who suvived to become an attorney after the war.

This book is fantastic. The pictures are arranged in 3 groups, one for each day of the battle, and before each, there's a semi-brief page with a basic summary of what happened that day - nothing overwhelming, just gives a quick overview, and it's great. Then each picture has a note under it with the name of the soldier and for example, what company they were in, if available, the injury they endured, whether they survived or died and usually where - whatever info is available to them. Would be very quick to go through the book, but it's so easy to just look at each soldier's picture & the note on him for minutes at a time, just feeling for him & thinking about what he and all of them went through. I really wish they'd do another one with more of the soldiers not pictured here. A great book to get...I've looked at it sooo many times...