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'''Identifying an Ancestor in the Battle''' | '''Identifying an Ancestor in the Battle''' | ||
To identify and ancestor who was in battle of Gettysburg it will be necessary to determine if your ancestor's regiment was assigned to either the Army of the Potomac or the Army of Northern Virginia. The Gettysburg National Military Park has webpages that will identify the military units that were assigned to theses arimies. Second it will be necessary to determine if your ancestor was with his unit at the time of the battle. Specific references to the battle my be found in service and pension records, unit histories, prisoner of war and medical records, letters written by the soldier to family or friends, casualities lists of the battle. Some soldiers who died in the battle will be found in the Historical Records on Family Search. | To identify and ancestor who was in battle of Gettysburg it will be necessary to determine if your ancestor's regiment was assigned to either the Army of the Potomac or the Army of Northern Virginia. The Gettysburg National Military Park has webpages that will identify the military units that were assigned to theses arimies. Second it will be necessary to determine if your ancestor was with his unit at the time of the battle. Specific references to the battle my be found in service and pension records, unit histories, prisoner of war and medical records, letters written by the soldier to family or friends, casualities lists of the battle. Some soldiers who died in the battle will be found in the Historical Records on Family Search. | ||
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'''Places for Additional Research''' | '''Places for Additional Research''' | ||
Gettysburg National Military Park (National Park Service)<br> | Gettysburg National Military Park (National Park Service)<br> | ||
Park Library and Research Center (Open for public research by appointment only) | [http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/research-center.htm Park Library and Research Center] (Open for public research by appointment only) | ||
Library Research Guide | :[http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/library-resource-guide.htm Library Research Guide] | ||
Vertical File Collection | :Vertical File Collection | ||
Archival Box Collection | :Archival Box Collection | ||
The Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg (Order of Battle) | [http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/aop-orderofbattle.htm The Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg] (Order of Battle) | ||
The Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg (Order of Battle) | [http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/anv-orderofbattle.htm The Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg] (Order of Battle) | ||
Finding Your Civil War Ancestor | Finding Your Civil War Ancestor | ||
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[http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm Gettysburg National Park] | [http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm Gettysburg National Park] | ||
Adams County Historical Society <br>368 Springs Avenue<br>Gettysburg, Pennsylvania <br>[http://www.achs-pa.org/headquarters/ Battle of Gettysburg Research Center] | |||
==== '''Sources''' ==== | |||
Most of the following sources will be found at the Family History Library. | |||
==== '''Casualities''' ==== | |||
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'''Casualities''' ==== | |||
John W. Busey. These Honored Dead; the Union casualties at Gettysburg. Hightstown New Jersey: Longstreet House, 1996. {{FHL|768454}} 974.842/G1 M2b 1996<br> | John W. Busey. These Honored Dead; the Union casualties at Gettysburg. Hightstown New Jersey: Longstreet House, 1996. {{FHL|768454}} 974.842/G1 M2b 1996<br> | ||
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Robert K. Krick. And Chris L. Ferguson., comp. The Gettysburg death roster; the Confederate Dead at Gettysburg. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop/Press, 2004. {{FHL|1158942}} 974.842/G1 M2kr 2004<br> | Robert K. Krick. And Chris L. Ferguson., comp. The Gettysburg death roster; the Confederate Dead at Gettysburg. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop/Press, 2004. {{FHL|1158942}} 974.842/G1 M2kr 2004<br> | ||
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Select Committee relative to the Soldier’s National Cemetery. Revised report of the select committee relative to the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.; together with the accompanying documents as reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Singerly & Myers, 1865. FHL 1486517 | Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Select Committee relative to the Soldier’s National Cemetery. Revised report of the select committee relative to the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.; together with the accompanying documents as reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Singerly & Myers, 1865. FHL 1486517 | ||
==== Medical ==== | ==== Medical ==== | ||
Gregory A. Coco. A Vast Sea of Misery’ a History and Guide to the Union and Confederate Field Hospitals at Gettysburg, July 1 to November 20, 1863. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1988. {{FHL|376603}} 974.842/G1 M2c <br> | Gregory A. Coco. A Vast Sea of Misery’ a History and Guide to the Union and Confederate Field Hospitals at Gettysburg, July 1 to November 20, 1863. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1988. {{FHL|376603}} 974.842/G1 M2c <br> | ||
Michael A. Dreese. The hospital on Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, 2002. FHL 974.842/G1 J4d [List of deaths at the hospital] | Michael A. Dreese. The hospital on Seminary Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, 2002. FHL 974.842/G1 J4d [List of deaths at the hospital]<br> | ||
Roland R. Maust. Grappling with Death; the Union Second Corps Hospital at Gettysburg. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Books, 2001. {{FHL|1046963}} 973 M2mgd | |||
==== Military Units at the Battle ==== | ==== Military Units at the Battle ==== | ||
MIchael A Dreese. The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2009 Not at FHL <br> | MIchael A Dreese. The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2009 Not at FHL <br> | ||
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==== History ==== | ==== History ==== | ||
Mark Adkin. The Gettysburg Companion: A Guide to the Most Famous Battle of the Civil War. Stackpole Books, 2008 Not at FHL | Mark Adkin. The Gettysburg Companion: A Guide to the Most Famous Battle of the Civil War. Stackpole Books, 2008 Not at FHL | ||
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J. David Petruzzi and Steve Stanley. The Complete Gettysburg Guide. California: Savas Beatie, 2009 Not at FHL | J. David Petruzzi and Steve Stanley. The Complete Gettysburg Guide. California: Savas Beatie, 2009 Not at FHL | ||
Harry W. Pfanz. Gettysburg The First Day. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001<br> | Harry W. Pfanz. Gettysburg The First Day. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001<br> | ||
Harry W. Pfanz. Gettysburg Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993 Not at FHL<br> | Harry W. Pfanz. Gettysburg Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993 Not at FHL<br> | ||
Harry W. Pfanz. Gettysburg The Second Day. Chapel Hill:University of North Carolina Press, 1987<br> | Harry W. Pfanz. Gettysburg The Second Day. Chapel Hill:University of North Carolina Press, 1987<br> | ||
Richard Rollins. Pickett's Charge: Eyewitness Accounts at the Battle of Gettysburg. Stackpole Books, 2005 Not at FHL | Richard Rollins. Pickett's Charge: Eyewitness Accounts at the Battle of Gettysburg. Stackpole Books, 2005 Not at FHL | ||
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Richard Allen Sauers, comp. The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3, 1863-August 1, 1863. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982. {{FHL|628257}} 974.842/G1 A3s <br> | Richard Allen Sauers, comp. The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3, 1863-August 1, 1863. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982. {{FHL|628257}} 974.842/G1 A3s <br> | ||
Richard Allen Sauers. ed. Fighting Them Over. How Veterans Remembered Gettysburg in the Pages of the National Tribune. Baltimore, Maryland: Butternut and Blue, 1998 Not at FHL | Richard Allen Sauers. ed. Fighting Them Over. How Veterans Remembered Gettysburg in the Pages of the National Tribune. Baltimore, Maryland: Butternut and Blue, 1998 Not at FHL | ||
==== Monuments ==== | ==== Monuments ==== | ||
Frederick W. Hawthorne. Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments. [S.l.]: Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988. {{FHL|658399}} 974.842/G1 M2h<br> | Frederick W. Hawthorne. Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments. [S.l.]: Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988. {{FHL|658399}} 974.842/G1 M2h<br> | ||
Tom Huntington. Guide to Gettysburg Battlefield Monuments. Find Every Monument and Tablet in the Park. PA.: Stackpole Books, 2013 Not at FHL <br> | Tom Huntington. Guide to Gettysburg Battlefield Monuments. Find Every Monument and Tablet in the Park. PA.: Stackpole Books, 2013 Not at FHL <br> | ||
David G. Martin. Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg. Hightstown, New Jersey: Longstreet House,1986. {{FHL|628637}} 974.842/G1 M2m <br> | David G. Martin. Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg. Hightstown, New Jersey: Longstreet House,1986. {{FHL|628637}} 974.842/G1 M2m <br> | ||
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The Pennsylvania State Memorial at Gettysburg.; reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. FHL CD-ROM no 887 Names of over 34,000 Pennsylvanians who served at the Battle of Gettysburg <br> | The Pennsylvania State Memorial at Gettysburg.; reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2001. FHL CD-ROM no 887 Names of over 34,000 Pennsylvanians who served at the Battle of Gettysburg <br> | ||
Report of the Rhode Island Fifieth Anniversay... ["List of Veterans at Fifieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg" p. 17-] | Report of the Rhode Island Fifieth Anniversay... ["List of Veterans at Fifieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg" p. 17-] | ||
Vetermont at Gettysburg, July 1863, and fifty years...["Alphabetical List"] | Vetermont at Gettysburg, July 1863, and fifty years...["Alphabetical List"] | ||
==== Officers ==== | |||
==== Officers ==== | |||
Ethan F. Bishop. The Gettysburg Battlefield; the Union regimental commanders who were casualties in the battle. Westminister, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2008. {{FHL|1828942}} 973 M2bef<br> | Ethan F. Bishop. The Gettysburg Battlefield; the Union regimental commanders who were casualties in the battle. Westminister, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2008. {{FHL|1828942}} 973 M2bef<br> | ||
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Robert K. Krick. Staff Officers in Gray; a biographical register of the staff officers in the Army of Northern Virginia. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina press, 2003. FHL 975 M2k <br> | Robert K. Krick. Staff Officers in Gray; a biographical register of the staff officers in the Army of Northern Virginia. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina press, 2003. FHL 975 M2k <br> | ||
Larry Tagg. The Generals of Gettysburg; the leaders of America’s greatest Battle. Campbell, California: Savaas Pub, 1998. {{FHL|737876}} 974.842/G1 M2t | Larry Tagg. The Generals of Gettysburg; the leaders of America’s greatest Battle. Campbell, California: Savaas Pub, 1998. {{FHL|737876}} 974.842/G1 M2t | ||
==== Reunions ==== | ==== Reunions ==== | ||
Walter H. Blake. Hand Grips: the Story of the Great Gettysburg Reunion, July, 1913. Vineland, N.J.: G. E. Smith, 1913. FHL 1550751<br> | Walter H. Blake. Hand Grips: the Story of the Great Gettysburg Reunion, July, 1913. Vineland, N.J.: G. E. Smith, 1913. FHL 1550751<br> | ||
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Paul L Roy. The Last Reunion of the Blue and Gray. (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1950) Not at FHL [Union and Confederate Veterans in Attendence at the Reunion, pp44-149.] | Paul L Roy. The Last Reunion of the Blue and Gray. (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1950) Not at FHL [Union and Confederate Veterans in Attendence at the Reunion, pp44-149.] | ||
==== Other Sources ==== | ==== Other Sources ==== | ||
Address of Hon. Edward Everett at the consecration of the National cemetery at Gettysburg 19th November 1863; with the dedicatory speech of President Lincoln and other exercises of the occasion; accompanied by an account of the origin of the undertaking and of the arrangement of the cemetery grounds and by a map of the battlefield and a plan of the cemetery. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1864. FHL 1550318 item 32<br> | Address of Hon. Edward Everett at the consecration of the National cemetery at Gettysburg 19th November 1863; with the dedicatory speech of President Lincoln and other exercises of the occasion; accompanied by an account of the origin of the undertaking and of the arrangement of the cemetery grounds and by a map of the battlefield and a plan of the cemetery. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1864. FHL 1550318 item 32<br> | ||
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Timothy H. Smith. The Story of Lee’s Headquarters, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1995. {{FHL|781301}} 974.842/G1 M2s <br> | Timothy H. Smith. The Story of Lee’s Headquarters, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1995. {{FHL|781301}} 974.842/G1 M2s <br> | ||
Daniel Toomey. Marylanders at Gettysburg. Baltimore, Maryland: Toomey Press, 1994. {{FHL|744068}} 975.2 M2t | Daniel Toomey. Marylanders at Gettysburg. Baltimore, Maryland: Toomey Press, 1994. {{FHL|744068}} 975.2 M2t | ||
[[Category:Gettysburg]] | [[Category:Gettysburg]] | ||