IMPORTANT. READ THIS:
The final reprint (as far as we know or intend!) arrived mid-August.
We ask you NOT to use store credit or any discount on this set.
It was too expensive and labor-intensive to create for the community. Thank you!
No Amazon. No wholesaler. We are your sole provider.
This special reprint is both a facsimile reprint of the original AND an enhanced special edition!
**A payment plan is available, no extra charge. Not even a penny.** Call or email for details, but hurry.
EXCERPTS
Foreword (2020) by Eric J. Wittenberg
Original Introduction by Dr. Richard Sauers (facsimile reprint)
Vol 1: First Battle Reports-Letters Sample of Alexander Webb (USA) and Col. Van Manning (CSA)
Vol 2: Letter from Lt Col. Huidekoper, 150th PA Inf.
Vol 3: William C. Oates Letters (15th Alabama, CSA)
Except for the Official Records volumes, this massive 3-volume set (some 2,200 pages) is the most important firsthand collection of accounts ever published on the Battle of Gettysburg. Anyone interested in the war in general, or Gettysburg in particular, will want a set.
The roughly 400 sets of the first Black and Gold Edition sold out immediately. (Yes, it shocked us too.) There will be no other signed/numbered copies.
The Red and Silver second printing (about 450) also sold out and we had 400 backorders!
NOTE: We are also looking to reprint John Bachlelder's History of the Battle of Gettysburg. CLICK HERE for details.
Books are heavy and ship shrink-wrapped and packed into a special sturdy uLine cardboard box and shipped UPS Ground Saver with tracking and insurance.
SPECIFICATIONS:
- Vol. 1: 736 pp., Vol. 2: 624 pp., Vol. 3: 768 pp. [2,128 PAGES!]
- 6 x 9;
- 50-lb. acid-free paper;
- Red Wibalin Buckram cloth, with head and foot bands;
- Silver foil stamping on the front and spine;
- Sewn binding.
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ABOUT THE BACHELDER PAPERS
John B. Bachelder was a painter, lithographer, and photographer, but is best known as the historian of the Battle of Gettysburg and the key driving force behind preserving much of the Gettysburg battlefield. Bachelder corresponded and met with hundreds of Union and also some Confederate soldiers, toured the field with many, and helped map where the units were on the field, and what they did there. Most of the older monuments on the field today are where they are today thanks to his years of unceasing labor.
His thousands of pages of reports, journal entries, notes, letters, etc. were in the New Hampshire Historical Society, where David and Audrey Ladd discovered them. They were transcribed, and originally published in a small run by Morningside Books in 1995. All letters are typeset for easy reading.
There is no source that comes more highly recommended for readers interested in the Gettysburg battle, or the Civil War in general.
