Gettysburg, a history of the Gettysburg battle-field memorial association, with an account of the battle

Preface

At a stated meeting, held October 3, 1894, of the Directors of the Gettysburg Battle-field Memorial Association, a resolution was adopted authorizing the appointment of a committee to prepare and publish a history of the Association.

At the stated meeting, May 22, 1895, Hon. Edward McPherson, chairman of the committee appointed in accordance with the resolution, submitted a report upon the history and its cost of publication.

Major-General Daniel E. Sickles, U.S.A., offered a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, authorizing, under the supervision of Vice-President Colonel C. H. Buehler, the publication of two hundred and fifty copies of the history of the Memorial Association, and making an appropriation for the expense thereof.

Vice-President Buehler appointed Mr. Mc- Pherson to compile and publish the history.

Upon the deaths of Colonel Buehler and Mr. McPherson, the duty devolved upon the Executive Committee of the Association to select an historian.

4 PREFACE.

At a stated meeting of the committee, John M. Vanderslice, Esq., whose long and faithful service to the Association as a Director and as Secretary of the Committee on Tablets and Inscriptions made him especially qualified for the work, was unanimously selected to prepare the history, and a sub-committee was appointed to supervise the publication.

This book is the result of his labors, and it is believed that the important work of the Association in connection with the preservation of the historic battle-field of Gettysburg is fully and fairly set forth for future reference.

Louis Wagner, John P. Nicholson,

Committee,

Union Troops, (blue.) Confederate Troop), (red.)

GETTYSBURG AND VICINITY.

Showlns th« llnss of BattI* July, 1863.

Land owned by TME UNITtD statcS Fonimly l>y THE MEMORItl ASSOCIATION

Contents

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Map Frontispiece.

Introduction 9