The Summer of 63: Gettysburg
Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War
Edited by
Chris Mackowski & Dan Welch
The Emerging Civil War Series
offers compelling, easy-to-read overviews of some of the Civil Wars most important battles and stories.
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2021 Emerging Civil War
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ISBN-13 (hardcover): 978-1-61121-571-7
ISBN-13 (ebook): 978-1-954547-04-9
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mackowski, Chris, editor. | Welch, Dan (Educator), editor.
Title: The summer of 63 : Gettysburg : favorite stories and fresh perspectives from the historians at Emerging Civil War / edited by Chris Mackowski and Dan Welch.
Other titles: Summer of 63 Gettysburg | Emerging Civil War (Blog)
Description: California : Savas Beatie, [2021] | Series: Emerging Civil War anniversary series | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary: The Summer of 63: Gettysburg collects favorite stories, original research, and engaging voices from the historians at Emerging Civil War, anthologized from ECWs blog and podcast, and the annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge. The volume also contains a few original pieces, plus maps and illustrations. When read with its companion volume, The Summer of 63: Vicksburg and Tullahoma, it contextualizes the battle of Gettysburg with the other great events of the Civil Wars turning point summer-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021007421 | ISBN 9781611215717 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781954547049 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.
Classification: LCC E475.51 .S86 2021 | DDC 973.7/349--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021007421
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DAN:
To the many National Park Service Interpretive Rangers at Gettysburg National Military, past and present. Your scholarship and voices have shaped the understanding of this moment in our history for generations of visitors, including a one-time 5-year-old from Ohio. Thank you for your passion in preserving, protecting, and telling the stories of this hallowed ground.
CHRIS:
To my childhood friends from Hershey, PA, especially Bob and Katie (McKinney) Gavazzi, Audrey Heller, Ellen Kellner, Bobby Mittan, Kelly Ramsden, Chris Richard, Felicia and Michelle Willard, and the members of the Hershey High School Class of 1987, plus a special shout-out to Anthony Elby and Toni Elby-Hart.
Our childhood smelled of chocolate
and our field trips were filled with cannons.
We jointly dedicate this book
to the many talented emerging voices
who have contributed to Emerging Civil War
during our first ten years
historians, writers, photographers, cartographers,
scholars, students
The rising tide has lifted all boats.
Thank you.
Chris Heisey
The 96th Pennsylvania monument in the Valley of Death. Chris Heisey
www.emergingcivilwar.com
Editors Note
Emerging Civil War serves as a public history-oriented platform for sharing original scholarship related to the American Civil War. The scholarship we present reflects the eclectic background, expertise, interests, and writing styles of our cadre of historians. Weve shared that scholarship not only on the Emerging Civil War blog, but also in the pages of the Emerging Civil War Series published by Savas Beatie, in other general-audience and academic publications, at our annual Emerging Civil War Symposium at Stevenson Ridge, on our monthly podcasts, and even through social media.
Our Emerging Civil War 10th Anniversary Series captures and commemorates some of the highlights from our first ten years.
This compendium includes pieces originally published on our blog; podcast transcripts; and transcripts of talks given at the ECW Symposium. It also includes an assortment of original material. Previously published pieces have been updated and, in most cases, expanded and footnoted. Our attempt is to offer value-added rather than just reprint material available for free elsewhere.
Between the covers of this series, readers will find military, social, political, and economic history; memory studies; travelogues; personal narratives; essays; and photography. This broad range of scholarship and creative work is meant to provide readers with a diversity of perspectives. The combined collection of material is not intended to serve as a complete narrative of events or comprehensive overview. Rather, these are the stories and events our historians happened to be interested in writing about at any given time. In that way, the collection represents the sort of eclectic ongoing conversation youll find on our blog.
