A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg, The Aftermath of a Battle
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A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg, The Aftermath of a Battle
- 433 pp., over 200 photos, illus., maps, softcover.
The more dismal side of the Gettysburg campaign is covered: burials of Union and Confederate corpses, removal of the 3,000 horses killed, care of the wounded, descriptions of field hospitals, disposition of POWs, cleanup of the battle ground, collection of weapons, early relic hunters, battlefield guides, and a tour of the grim and bloody fields as described by a host of early visitors.
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