“Roe” Reisinger of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry, who suffered a wound and later received the Medal of Honor for his actions at on July 1 Helim S. Together, they tell the larger story of Gettysburg in human terms.Īmong those you’ll meet: James M. These individuals hailed from all walks of life-rich and poor, urban and rural, native born and immigrant, with varying levels of education and perspectives on life.Įach profile is a microhistory. The stories that accompany each image detail triumphant and tragic events before, during and after the three-day fight.
The faces of the individuals reveal the romance and horror of a generation at war.
These unique artifacts, once found in parlor photo albums, fireplace hearths, and bedstands, somehow survived the ravages of time and today are in the hands of private collectors. The photographs are wartime portraits of men and women presented to families, friends, and comrades in arms. Coddington included.Ī collection of 100 original, rarely seen photographs of identified Union and Confederate soldiers and other participants in the Gettysburg Campaign, each accompanied by vivid accounts of their personal experiences based on letters, journals, newspaper reports, regimental histories, and other documents. Still, interested parties in other language territories were offered the opportunity to acquire the original American version via mail through their nearest Time Life Books subsidiary, as was commonplace for the company at the time, typically by taking out a series subscription.Autographed bookplate by Ronald S. The Assassination - Death of the Presidentīecause of it being a USA-specific topic, no international editions of the main series and/or the hereafter mentioned spin-offs are known to have been published by either Time Life itself or licensed others. The Shenandoah in Flames - The Valley Campaign of 1864 War on the Frontier - The Trans-Mississippi West The Killing Ground - Wilderness to Cold Harborĭeath in the Trenches - Grant at Petersburg Spies, Scouts and Raiders - Irregular Operations The Fight For Chattanooga - Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge The Struggle for Tennessee - Tupelo to Stones River Twenty Million Yankees - The Northern Home Front Rebels Resurgent - Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville War on the Mississippi - Grant's Vicksburg Campaign
The Bloodiest Day - The Battle of Antietam The Coastal War - Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande Frassatino, Les Jenson, Michael McAffee, James P. Lee Takes Command - From Seven Days to Second Bull Run The Road to Shiloh - Early Battles in the Westįorward to Richmond - McClellan's Peninsular Campaignĭecoying the Yanks - Jackson's Valley CampaignĬonfederate Ordeal - The Southern Home Front Frassatino, Les Jenson, Michael McAffee, Clark G. Table info: Title, Consultants/Authors, Volume, Year publ.
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