John Mitchell Vanderslice's Gettysburg offers an overarching history of the Battle of Gettysburg and describes the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association's origins and accomplishments. The Memorial Association, established by an act of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1864, aimed to preserve and protect the battlefield grounds and gather information about the battle. It helped acquire land from private owners and oversaw the creation of monuments, avenues, and signs--laying the foundation for today's Gettysburg National Military Park.
This volume, published in 1897,...
John Mitchell Vanderslice's Gettysburg offers an overarching history of the Battle of Gettysburg and describes the Gettysburg Battlefield ...