It has been a hot and stormy summer, and August promises more of the same. To usher in the continuance of summertime in Gettysburg, we at The Gettysburg Experience offer another issue of articles of historical interest, delicious summer recipes, and our updated Calendar of Events. The Calendar begins on page 11, and promises many popular events for all.
We offer the tale of The Forgotten General, beginning on page 21. A harrowing documentation of one boy’s experience during the battle is chronicled in “That Was Awful”: A Gettysburg Youth Remembers, beginning on page 31. A sketch of the life of one flamboyant Confederate, General William Barksdale: Game to the Last, is found beginning on page 39. And, our Editor’s Corner attempts to account for The Cost of War, beginning on page 45.
Don’t forget our Trivia Questions, found at the bottom of every odd-numbered page. To ace the Trivia, be sure to read the articles first. Answers are on page 53.
We also offer for your convenience an Advertisers’ Directory on page 54. We greatly appreciate our advertisers, as they provide the only funding for this publication. Please take a moment and see what they have to offer. They help make Gettysburg the vibrant town that it is today – just as their antecedents did in the 19th century.
Thank you for choosing The Gettysburg Experience, proud to be a part of this amazing place called Gettysburg, since 1997.
