Research Guides: Battle Studies: Gettysburg: Aftermath

Featured Titles

These Honored Dead: the Union casualties at Gettysburg by John W. Busey; David G. Martin (Introduction by)
Call Number: E475.53 .B98 1996
ISBN: 0944413404
Publication Date: 1996-06-01

"... Let us in this solemn presence renew our pledge to aid and assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon the Nation's gratitude—the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan."

~John A. Logan, Commander in Chief,
May 5, 1868. Memorial Day Order

Lost Triumph: Lee's real plan at Gettysburg-and why it failed by Tom Carhart
Call Number: E475.53 .C275 2005
ISBN: 9780399152498
Publication Date: 2005-04-21
audiobook available
A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg, the Aftermath of a Battle by Gregory A. Coco
Call Number: E475.53 .C626 1995
ISBN: 0939631822
Gettysburg: Then and Now by John M. Vanderslice
Call Number: E475.53 .V253 1983
ISBN: 089029073X
Publication Date: 1983
This book provides an account of the battle, giving movements, positions, and losses of the commands engaged.
Hallowed Ground: a Walk at Gettysburg by James M. McPherson
Call Number: E475.56 .M43 2003
ISBN: 9780609610237
Publication Date: 2003-05-13
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tours around the battlefield, describing the events and personalities of the conflict at Gettysburg and shedding light on the significance of the battle in terms of both Civil War and American history.
Also available as eBook

Issues of Consideration

Gettysburg Address: Primary Documents in American History
On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln had been invited to give a "few appropriate remarks" during a ceremony to dedicate a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. Despite its brevity and the fact that it earned little attention at the time, the Gettysburg Address is considered one of Lincoln's greatest speeches.

Percentage of Losses at Gettysburg, Greatest in History: A Record of Human Sacrifice, of Daring Deeds & Heroic Men (1911)
By St. Clair A. Mulholland (St. Clair Augustin), 1839-1910
Report on the Operations of the Sanitary Commission During and After The Battle at Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863
Undelivered Letter from Lincoln to Meade
Saturday, 4 July, Lee, forced to abandon his dead, began a withdrawal of his army back to Virginia. Union commander Meade did not pursue Lee, infuriating President Lincoln who wrote a bitter letter to Meade (never delivered) saying he missed a "golden opportunity" to end the war right there.

Papers & Letters

A Lesson in Battle Tempo: The Union Pursuit After Gettysburg
by William Terpeluk. From the Gettysburg Discussion Group. Originally appeared in Parameters, Autumn 1995.
Field Medical Support of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg
The medical evacuation above division level and field hospital support in total were inadequate during and after the Gettysburg Campaign. DTIC, by Robert D. Deaderick, March of 1989
Leaves From the Battlefield of Gettysburg; A Series of Letters From a Field Hospital; & National Poems (1864)
Mrs. Edmund A. Souder, 1864
Meade's Pursuit of Lee, The Virginia Campaigns of the Summer of 1863
In this study, the factors affecting Meade's inability to bring Lee to battle are explored in an attempt to explain his reluctance to decisively engage Lee's army. DTIC, by Sands A. Robnick, March 1988.
Sketch of Dr. La Fayette Guild, Medical Director & Chief Surgeon of the Army of Northern Virginia (1909)
A biographical sketch, by Katharine Hopkins Chapman.--Battle of Gettysburg. Report of Surgeon La Fayette. July 29, 1863.--Staff of General Robert E. Lee.--Addenda. Tribute by Maj. Henry E. Young
The Effects of Logistical Factors on the Union Pursuit of the Confederate Army During the Final Phase of the Gettysburg Campaign.
This paper examines the extent to which logistical factors on the Union side of the line hampered the effort to destroy the Confederate army. DTIC, By Donald J. Wetekam April 1994.

Articles & Tracts

Gettysburg: A journey to America's greatest battleground by the world's first war photographers while the battle was being fought. Text by Frances T. Miller. Official presentation semi-centennial ed (1913): New York, The Review of Reviews Company.

Hanly, J. Frank (James Frank), 1863-1920, The Battle of Gettysburg from "The World Disarmed," Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham; New York, Eaton and Mains

Jacobs, Michael. "Notes on the Rebel Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3d, 1863" Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1864.

Minnigh, Luther W. (Luther William). Gettysburg: "What They Did Here, A Historical Guide." Mount Holly Springs, 1892.

Minnigh, Luther W. (Luther William). "The Gettysburg Knapsack: A Souvenir of Useful Information for Veterans, Patriots, Tourists, and the Great Army of Generous Youth." Mt. Holly Springs, Pa., Mt. Holly Printing Co, 1897.

Patriot Daughters of Lancaster, Hospital Scenes After the Battle of Gettysburg, July, 1863. Daily Inquirer Steam Job Print, 1864.

Philippoteaux, Paul. "Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg." Boston Cylclorama Company, 1886.

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