Civil War Battles, Gettysburg

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. 

Gettysburg National Military Park (National Park Service)

• Park Library and Research Center (Open for public research by appointment only)

Library Research Guide

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Archival Box Collection

• The Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg (Order of Battle)
• The Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg (Order of Battle)
• Finding Your Civil War Ancestor
• Gettysburg National Park
• Adams County Historical Society
  368 Springs Avenue
  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  Battle of Gettysburg Research Center

Sources

Most of the following sources will be found at the Family History Library.

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

John W. Busey and Travis W Busey. Union casualties at Gettysburg; a comprehensive record. 3 volumes. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2011. FHL 1804490 974.842/G1 M2bt

Gregory A. Coco. Wasted Valor; the Confederate Dead at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1990. FHL 618997 974.842/G1 M2cg

Gregory A. Coco. Gettysburg’s Confederate Dead. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 2003. FHL 974.842/G1 M2coc

William F. Howard. comp.The Gettysburg Death Roster, the federal dead at Gettysburg. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside House, 1990. FHL 1124278 974.842/G1 M2ho

Frank L. Klement. "These Honored Dead:" David Wills and the Soldiers' Cemetery at Gettysburg" vol. 74., Lincoln Herald, pp 123- 135. FHL 

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

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

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

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]

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

MIchael A Dreese. The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2009 Not at FHL 

Kathleen R. Georg and John W. Busey; edited by David G. Martin. Pickett’s Division at Gettysburg. Hightstown, New Jersey: Longstreet House, 1987. FHL 557595 974.842/G1 M2g [Division roster]

Rod Gragg. Covered with Glory; the 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. New York: New York: HarperCollins, 2000 FHL 1211601 975.6 M2g

Brian Leehan. Pale Horse at Plum Run. The First Minnesota at Gettysburg. Minnesota Historical SOciety Press, 2002 Not at FHL 

Scott L. Mingus, Sr. The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863. Batron Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009. Not at FHL 

R. L. Murray. First on the Field: Cortland’s 76th and Oswego’s 147th New York State Volunteer regiments at Gettysburg. New York: Bendum Books, 1998. FHL 1009622 974.7 M2mf

Edmund J. Raus, Jr. A Generation on the March: the Union Army at Gettysburg. Lynchburg, Virginia: H.E. Howard, 1987. FHL 627281 974.842/G1 M2r

Samuel Toombs. New Jersey Troops in the Gettysburg Campaign, from July 5 to July 31, 1863. Orange, N. J.: Evening Mail Pub., 1888; reprint Hightstown, New Jersey: Longstreet House, 1988. FHL 615693 974.9 M2t

History

Mark Adkin. The Gettysburg Companion: A Guide to the Most Famous Battle of the Civil War. Stackpole Books, 2008  Not at FHL 

Gettysburg Magazine; historical articles of lasting interest. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside House, 1989-2006. FHL 974.842/G1 H25g

Selected articles:

Edward G. J. Richter. "The Removal of the Confederate Dead from Gettysburg" January 1,1990 - Issue   Number Two

Gregory C. Coco. "Wasted Valor: The Confederate Dead at Gettysburg." July 1, 1990 - Issue Number Three

Roland R. Maust. "THe Union Second Corps Hospital at Gettysburg, July 2 to August 8, 1863." January 1, 1994 - Issue Number Ten

Jay S. Hoar. "Gettysburg's Last Surviving Soldier: JAmes MArion Lurvey December 2, 1847-September 17, 1950."

Lance J. Herdegen. In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1990. FHL 472363 974. 842/G1 M2hb

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

Harry W. Pfanz. Gettysburg Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993 Not at FHL

Harry W. Pfanz. Gettysburg The Second Day. Chapel Hill:University of North Carolina Press, 1987

Richard Rollins. Pickett's Charge: Eyewitness Accounts at the Battle of Gettysburg. Stackpole Books, 2005 Not at FHL

Richard Allen Sauers, comp. The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3, 1863-August 1, 1863. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982. FHL 628257 974.842/G1 A3s 

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

Frederick W. Hawthorne. Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments. [S.l.]: Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988. FHL 658399 974.842/G1 M2h

Tom Huntington. Guide to Gettysburg Battlefield Monuments. Find Every Monument and Tablet in the Park. PA.: Stackpole Books, 2013 Not at FHL 

David G. Martin. Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg. Hightstown, New Jersey: Longstreet House,1986. FHL 628637 974.842/G1 M2m

Maine Gettysburg Commission. Executive Committee. Maine at Gettysburg; report of the Maine commissioners. Portland, Me.: Lakeside Press, 1898;reprint Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Stan Clark Military Books, 1994. FHL 557618 974.1 M2mgr 1994

Report of the State of Maryland Gettysburg Monument Commission to His Excellency E. E. Jackson, Governor of Maryland, June 17, 1891. Baltimore: Printed by William K. Boyle & Son, 1891 Not at FHL List of survivors

New York. Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, 3 volumes. Albany, New York: J.B. Lyon Co., 1900. FHL 187272 974.7 M2nm

Gettysburg Memorial Commission of Ohio. Report of the Gettysburg Memorial Commission. Columbus, Ohio: Press of Nitschke Bros., 1887; reprint Baltimore, Maryland: Butternut and Blue, 1998. FHL 974.8427/G1 M2gmc

Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. Report of  Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Commission. Harrisburg, PA.: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1914. Names of Pennsylvania soldiers listed on the monument are included.

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

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

Ethan F. Bishop. Final Resting Places of the Gettysburg Commanders; a list of the gravesites of the corps, division, brigade and regimental commanders who served at Gettysburg. Westminister, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007 FHL 1849181 973 M2bet

Robert K. Krick. Lee’s Colonels: a biographical register of the field officers of the Army of Northern Virginia. Wilmington, North Carolina: Broadfoot Pub. Co., 2009. FHL 447004 975 M2kr 2009

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

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

Walter H. Blake. Hand Grips: the Story of the Great Gettysburg Reunion, July, 1913. Vineland, N.J.: G. E. Smith, 1913. FHL 1550751

Charles Albert Earp. The 75th Reunion at Gettysburg; my interviews with the veterans. Linthicum, Maryland: Toomey Press, 2003. FHL 974.842/G1 M2e

John W. Frazier. Reunion of  the Blue and Gray. Philadelphia Brigade and Pickett's Division. July 2,3,4, 1887 and September 15, 16, 17, 1906. (Philadelphia, 1906) Not at FHL

Indiana at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battlle... "Names of Veterans Who Visited Gettysburg" pp 110-  Internet Archive

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg; report of the Pennsylvania Commission, presented to His Excellency John K. Tener, governor of Pennsylvania, for transmittal to the General Assembly, Harrisburg, PA., December 31, 1913. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Commission], 1913-1914. FHL 974.842/G1 H5p; film 1697630 item 2

Report of the Rhode Island Fifieth Anniversay... ["List of Veterans at Fifieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg" p. 17-]Internet Archive

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.]

Vermont at Gettysburg, July 1863, and fifty years...["Alphabetical List"] Internet Archive

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

A. H. Boies. Roster of the Survivors of the Battle of Gettysburg living in the state of Michigan, May 1913. Hudson, Mich: Gazette Print, 1913. FHL 1550107

Gregory A. Coco. A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg, the Aftermath of a Battle. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1995. FHL 974.842/G1 M2cga

Gregory A. Coco. Killed in Action; Eyewitness Accounts of the Last Moments of 100 Union Soldiers who Died at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1992. FHL 758625 974.842/G1 M2co

James F. Cole and Roy E. Frampton. The Gettysburg National Cemetery; a history and guide. [S.l.]: Frampton and Cole, 1988. FHL 679125 974.8 A1 no. 408

Mary Ruth Collins and Cindy A. Stouffer. One Soldier’s Legacy; the National Homestead at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993. FHL 682337 974.842/G1 J3c

E. F. Conklin. Women at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1993. FHL 1848876 973 M2cef

Michael A. Dreese. Torn Families. Death and Kinship at the Battle of Gettysburg. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2007 Not at FHL 

Charles P. Hamblen,  Walter L. Powell, ed. Connecticut Yankees at Gettysburg. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1993. Not at FHL 

Jeffrey J. and Loree L. Kowalis. Died at Gettysburg; illustrated biographies of the Union casualties at Gettysburg. Hightstown, New Jersey: Longstreet House, 1998. FHL 728873 974.842/G1 M2k

Timothy H. Smith. The Story of Lee’s Headquarters, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Thomas Publications, 1995. FHL 781301 974.842/G1 M2s

Daniel Toomey. Marylanders at Gettysburg. Baltimore, Maryland: Toomey Press, 1994. FHL 744068 975.2 M2t

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