Gettysburg As They Saw It: The Battlefield the Soldiers Knew (Shaun C.GRENAN/AMP) ornament that some historians are practitioners

that some historians are practitioners of “Bad History” and twist reality to glorify themselves or their country

The veterans did not want to hear the selections the musicians had chosen

”—John Samuel Harpham

Out of the more than 250 Union regiments that fought at Gettysburg

Gettysburg As They Saw It: The Battlefield the Soldiers Knew (Shaun C.GRENAN/AMP) ornament that some historians are practitionersSince July 4th, 1863, the Gettysburg battlefield has been changing. The hundreds of thousands of men, horses, wagons, and cannon changed the face of the landscape forever during the three horrific days of battle. After the armies moved on, the fallen were buried, the hospitals closed up, and throngs of tourists began to arrive over the decades. The millions of tourists, alongside modern industry, construction, roads, restaurants, entertainment,