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?Old Dorm, ? which served as the first classroom and dormitory of the Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary, is a familiar tourist site?Union Cavalry General John Buford directed the opening stages of the battle of Gettysburg from the building's distinctive cupola and some of the bloodiest fighting of the three-day conflict took place on Seminary Ridge. However, few visitors realize the building's important role as the second largest hospit...

The Battle of Gettysburg lasted only three days but involved more than 160, 000 soldiers. Seven thousand died outright on the battlefield, hundreds more later succumbed to their wounds. In this book are extraordinary, and sometimes heartbreaking, stories of the strength of family ties during the Battle of Gettysburg. Fathers and mothers, siblings and spouses all suffered together, even as they drew strength from one another. Their stories are ...

While the Battle of Gettysburg is often remembered for Chamberlain's dramatic defense of Little Round Top, Pickett and Pettigrew's tragic charge, and the stand of the 'Iron Brigade', less-remembered units like the 151st Pennsylvania were also crucial in the Civil War's most famous battle.