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=== 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. | ||
Gettysburg National Military Park (National Park Service)<br> | Gettysburg National Military Park (National Park Service)<br> | ||
[http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/research-center.htm 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) | ||
:[http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/library-resource-guide.htm Library Research Guide] | :[http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/library-resource-guide.htm Library Research Guide] | ||
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:Archival Box Collection | :Archival Box Collection | ||
[http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/aop-orderofbattle.htm 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) | ||
*[http://www.nps.gov/gett/historyculture/anv-orderofbattle.htm 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 | ||
*[http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm Gettysburg National Park] | |||
Finding Your Civil War Ancestor | *Adams County Historical Society<br> 368 Springs Avenue<br>Gettysburg, Pennsylvania <br>[http://www.achs-pa.org/headquarters/ Battle of Gettysburg Research Center] | ||
[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''' ==== | ==== '''Sources''' ==== | ||
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Most of the following sources will be found at the Family History Library. | Most of the following sources will be found at the Family History Library. | ||
==== '''Casualities''' ==== | ==== '''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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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> | 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 | 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 ==== | ||
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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 ==== | ||
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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 ==== | ||
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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]] | ||