Curated action · Civil War

Battle of Gettysburg

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ConflictCivil War

WhenJuly 1–3, 1863

WhereGettysburg, Pennsylvania

Recipients61

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought on July 1–3, 1863, around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was a major battle of the Civil War. The recipients listed here are the people whose official citation entries place the action at Gettysburg. Period photographs survive; motion-picture footage of the battle does not.

Who stood there

Nathaniel M. Allen

Corporal · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Elijah W. Bacon

Private · U.S. Army

George G. Benedict

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Morris Brown Jr.

Gave his life

Captain · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Hugh Carey

Sergeant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Casper R. Carlisle

Private · U.S. Army

Joshua L. Chamberlain

Colonel · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Harrison Clark

Corporal · U.S. Army

No photo on file

John E. Clopp

Private · U.S. Army

Jefferson Coates

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Alonzo Cushing

Gave his life

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Joseph H. De Castro

Corporal · U.S. Army

No photo on file

George H. Dore

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Richard Enderlin

Musician · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Benjamin F. Falls

Gave his life

Color Sergeant · U.S. Army

John B. Fassett

Captain · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Christopher Flynn

Corporal · U.S. Army

Frederick Fuger

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Chester S. Furman

Corporal · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Edward L. Gilligan

First Sergeant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

John W. Hart

Sergeant · U.S. Army

William B. Hincks

Sergeant Major · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Thomas Horan

Sergeant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Henry S. Huidekoper

Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army

Francis Irsch

Captain · U.S. Army

Benjamin H. Jellison

Sergeant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Wallace W. Johnson

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Edward M. Knox

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army

John Lonergan

Captain · U.S. Army

No photo on file

John B. Mayberry

Private · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Bernard McCarren

Private · U.S. Army

George W. Mears

Sergeant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

John Miller

Corporal · U.S. Army

William E. Miller

Captain · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Harvey M. Munsell

Sergeant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Henry D. O'Brien

Corporal · U.S. Army

James Pipes

Captain · U.S. Army

No photo on file

James Parke Postles

Captain · U.S. Army

No photo on file

James J. Purman

Lieutenant · U.S. Army

William H. Raymond

Corporal · U.S. Army

Charles W. Reed

Bugler · U.S. Army

No photo on file

J. Monroe Reisinger

Corporal · U.S. Army

Edmund Rice

Major · U.S. Army

No photo on file

James Richmond

Private · U.S. Army

No photo on file

John H. Robinson

Private · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Oliver P. Rood

Private · U.S. Army

No photo on file

J. Levi Roush

Corporal · U.S. Army

James M. Rutter

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Alfred J. Sellers

Major · U.S. Army

Marshall Sherman

Private · U.S. Army

Daniel E. Sickles

Major General · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Thaddeus S. Smith

Corporal · U.S. Army

Charles Stacey

Private · U.S. Army

James B. Thompson

Sergeant · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Andrew J. Tozier

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Wheelock G. Veazey

Colonel · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Jerry Wall

Private · U.S. Army

No photo on file

Francis A. Waller

Corporal · U.S. Army

Alexander S. Webb

Brigadier General · U.S. Army

William Wells

Major · U.S. Army

No photo on file

James Wiley

Sergeant · U.S. Army

Articles, footage, books, films

article Gettysburg National Military Park
National Park Service. Official battlefield site.
article Gettysburg
American Battlefield Trust. Battle overview and maps.
article Battle of Gettysburg
Wikipedia. Collaborative article. Text is CC BY-SA. This archive links to it and does not copy it.
book The Killer Angels
Open Library. Novel by Michael Shaara, 1974. A work of fiction grounded in the battle.
film Gettysburg (1993)
IMDb. Feature film adapted from The Killer Angels. Commercial drama, not a documentary.