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Confederate Monuments At Gettysburg
A classic work featuring cross-indexed descriptions, locations, and complete inscriptions of all 203 Confederate memorials at Gettysburg, with detailed historical commentary and a complete order of battle for the Army of Northern Virginia.
- GenresCivil War
256 pages, Paperback
First published July 21, 1995
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April 5, 2015
"Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Battle Monuments Volume I by David G. Martin (Longstreet House-Gateway Press, 1986, 295 pages). This excellent history and reference book by David G. Martin lists all the Confederate Monuments (as of 1986) that are located at Gettysburg National Military Park. As Mr. Martin has stated in the introduction:
"Gettysburg battlefield has over 1300 monuments and memorials, more than any other battlefield in the world. The texts and descriptions of the markers erected by several of the Northern states have been published for study, but little attention has been paid individually or collectively to the 200 Confederate markers that have been erected in the past 100 years. This book will attempt to fill this void by giving the texts, locations, and descriptions of the markers that have been set up on Gettysburg battlefield to commemorate the Southern soldiers who fought there for the cause in which they believed."
Mr. Martin has done just that with this in-depth and excellent guide to the monuments and markers of the battlefield. The book by Mr. Martin gives the sometimes controversial and heated history of how Confederate monuments were finally placed at Gettysburg. While northern veterans met regularly at Gettysburg, in the years following 1878 for two major reasons: 1. It was the closest battlefield to their northern homes. 2. It was the scene of a significant Union victory.The author says that southern interest in erecting monuments at Gettysburg grew slowly because the Confederate veterans were reluctant to commemorate a battle they lost in Pennsylvania and would rather erect monuments at other battlefields such as Chickamauga, Shiloh, or Vicksburg. The few southern veterans who did show an interest in erecting monuments at Gettysburg received a very cool treatment from the battlefield's administrators that their eagerness dried out. The major of the Confederate markers later erected on the battlefield were set up by the Federal government, not by Confederate veterans or southern states. But in a quite different way southern monuments were erected later on to commemorate the devotion and heroism of the soldiers, not the movements of individual units.
There has been some "rocky" history of the southern monuments such as the application of the 1st (2nd) Maryland Infantry Regiment CSA.
Mr. Martin in the introduction also gives the history of where the markers were finally placed, design, etc. The book has the following:
- List of photographs
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg
- Texts and Descriptions of Monuments (Numbers 1-200)
- "X" Series Tablets (Numbers X-1 to X-10)
- "A" Series Tablets (Numbers A-1 to A-10)
- Appendix I: Monuments by Date
- Appendix II: Gettysburg National Military Park Monument Numbers -- MN Series
- Appendix III: Monuments by Number
- Appendix IV: Designers and Sculptors of the Monuments
- Appendix V: Costs of the Monuments
- Appendix VI: Number of Monuments by State
- Appendix VII: Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Map of Gettysburg National Military Park where the Confederate Makers and Monuments are located
This book was typed in 1986, before personal computers became available so the pages are typed out, and that in itself must of taken many, many hours to do. Not only does he list where the monuments are but gives a description of the monuments and statues, who the sculptor was, when it was dedicated and the text of each monument and marker. The history itself of the monuments are an outstanding tribute to the brave soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia and their history of fighting at Gettysburg.
This is a tremendously resourceful guide to anyone interested in where the regiments of the Army of Northern Virginia were located and what they did at the battle. Some of the monuments are quite obvious to find, while I am sure others may be lesser known and more difficult to find. The photographs are in black and white, but are clear and add to this excellent book.
I know when I visit Gettysburg National Military Park in the future that I will take this handy and resourceful book with me as I tour the battlefield.
This is Volume I of a series of the markers and monuments at Gettysburg. The next volumes of the series concentrate on the Northern markers and monuments at Gettysburg.
A recommended and fascinating book that should be in every personal library of scholars, students, historians, and authors of the battle of Gettysburg.
"Gettysburg battlefield has over 1300 monuments and memorials, more than any other battlefield in the world. The texts and descriptions of the markers erected by several of the Northern states have been published for study, but little attention has been paid individually or collectively to the 200 Confederate markers that have been erected in the past 100 years. This book will attempt to fill this void by giving the texts, locations, and descriptions of the markers that have been set up on Gettysburg battlefield to commemorate the Southern soldiers who fought there for the cause in which they believed."
Mr. Martin has done just that with this in-depth and excellent guide to the monuments and markers of the battlefield. The book by Mr. Martin gives the sometimes controversial and heated history of how Confederate monuments were finally placed at Gettysburg. While northern veterans met regularly at Gettysburg, in the years following 1878 for two major reasons: 1. It was the closest battlefield to their northern homes. 2. It was the scene of a significant Union victory.The author says that southern interest in erecting monuments at Gettysburg grew slowly because the Confederate veterans were reluctant to commemorate a battle they lost in Pennsylvania and would rather erect monuments at other battlefields such as Chickamauga, Shiloh, or Vicksburg. The few southern veterans who did show an interest in erecting monuments at Gettysburg received a very cool treatment from the battlefield's administrators that their eagerness dried out. The major of the Confederate markers later erected on the battlefield were set up by the Federal government, not by Confederate veterans or southern states. But in a quite different way southern monuments were erected later on to commemorate the devotion and heroism of the soldiers, not the movements of individual units.
There has been some "rocky" history of the southern monuments such as the application of the 1st (2nd) Maryland Infantry Regiment CSA.
Mr. Martin in the introduction also gives the history of where the markers were finally placed, design, etc. The book has the following:
- List of photographs
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Confederate Monuments at Gettysburg
- Texts and Descriptions of Monuments (Numbers 1-200)
- "X" Series Tablets (Numbers X-1 to X-10)
- "A" Series Tablets (Numbers A-1 to A-10)
- Appendix I: Monuments by Date
- Appendix II: Gettysburg National Military Park Monument Numbers -- MN Series
- Appendix III: Monuments by Number
- Appendix IV: Designers and Sculptors of the Monuments
- Appendix V: Costs of the Monuments
- Appendix VI: Number of Monuments by State
- Appendix VII: Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Map of Gettysburg National Military Park where the Confederate Makers and Monuments are located
This book was typed in 1986, before personal computers became available so the pages are typed out, and that in itself must of taken many, many hours to do. Not only does he list where the monuments are but gives a description of the monuments and statues, who the sculptor was, when it was dedicated and the text of each monument and marker. The history itself of the monuments are an outstanding tribute to the brave soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia and their history of fighting at Gettysburg.
This is a tremendously resourceful guide to anyone interested in where the regiments of the Army of Northern Virginia were located and what they did at the battle. Some of the monuments are quite obvious to find, while I am sure others may be lesser known and more difficult to find. The photographs are in black and white, but are clear and add to this excellent book.
I know when I visit Gettysburg National Military Park in the future that I will take this handy and resourceful book with me as I tour the battlefield.
This is Volume I of a series of the markers and monuments at Gettysburg. The next volumes of the series concentrate on the Northern markers and monuments at Gettysburg.
A recommended and fascinating book that should be in every personal library of scholars, students, historians, and authors of the battle of Gettysburg.
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