A Sight Never to Be Forgotten: Eyewitness Accounts from Union Chaplains at Gettysburg (Nancy Jill Hale, DLM) medal and civilians from both the

and civilians from both the North and the South who experienced firsthand the changing course of the Civil War

and meetings with a wide range of national and world leaders

He faced blame for the loss of “Special Orders No

excoriated and revered

he went to the front as commander of the First New Jersey Brigade

A Sight Never to Be Forgotten: Eyewitness Accounts from Union Chaplains at Gettysburg (Nancy Jill Hale, DLM) medal and civilians from both theOut of the more than 250 Union regiments that fought at Gettysburg, more than 130 were accompanied by chaplains, and about 50 of those chaplains left records of their experiences. This book includes stories of those eyewitness accounts, taken from regimental histories, letters, newspaper articles, and memoirs, that provide a unique view of the Gettysburg campaign, the battle, the soldiers, and the chaplains' role.