Thousands of soldiers who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg for both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia settled in Texas after the Civil War. Throughout the days, weeks, and years after the battle, these soldiers captured their stories in diary entries, letters, interviews, and newspaper articles. From the first crossing of the Potomac River to the intense fighting on July 1, July 2, and ultimately at Pickett’s Charge on July 3, these Texans of the Blue and the Gray played a key role in the Gettysburg Campaign.

This collection of soldiers' accounts written during, and after, the war provides a unique perspective from Texans in the ranks over the course of those historic days in the summer of 1863. Also included are the stories of civilians who bore witness to the tremendous battle and who settled in Texas after the Civil War. Articles are transcribed as they were originally published; personal reminiscences are transcribed directly from letters and diaries. Collected for the first time in a single volume, this is essential reference for historians of the Lone Star State and Civil War researchers.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgement
• Introduction
• STORIES OF THE BLUE & GRAY AT GETTYSBURG
  • CAPTURED AND RECUPERATED IN THE HOSPITAL
  • INTENSITY AT THE PEACH ORCHARD
  • DEVOTION FROM A FORMER SLAVE
  • TRIBUTE TO “BILLY” ABERNATHY
  • AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
  • A LINGERING WOUND
  • A STRONG SPIRIT
  • REMEMBERING CHANCELLORSVILLE AND PICKETT’S CHARGE
  • THE GALLANT CHARGE AND LOSS OF THE MISSISSIPPIANS
  • THE HEROIC 55TH NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT
  • THE FARTHEST ADVANCE AT PICKETT’S CHARGE
  • CONFEDERATE VICTORY WAS NOT MEANT TO BE
  • A BRAVE COLONEL’S OBITUARY
  • AN ANGEL OF MERCY
  • FORMER ENEMIES AT GETTYSBURG, LATER BROTHERS OF THE CLOTH
  • PARTICIPATED IN EVERY BATTLE
  • CAPTURED WITH TWENTY MEN AND SIX WAGONS
  • IN THE HOSPITAL DURING THE BATTLE
  • KERR COUNTY’S LAST CONFEDERATE
  • PISTOL READY FOR ACTION YEARS LATER
  • CAPTURED IN THE WAGON TRAIN
  • HARSH LIFE IN A PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP
  • ONLY ONE BLANKET
  • CONFEDERATE ESCAPES TO GETTYSBURG
  • A STOUT SOLDIER
  • A COMPASSIONATE JUDGE
  • TWO GREAT ARMIES
  • ONLY THREE OF FIFTY-SIX WERE UNHARMED
  • REMEMBERING GENERAL HOOD’S ATTACK
  • A BROKEN FINGER
  • SPIKED A CANNON AT LITTLE ROUND TOP
  • DIED OF A WOUND FROM GETTYSBURG FORTY FIVE YEARS LATER
  • EMOTIONAL MEMORIES OF GETTYSBURG
  • A HAPPY CONTRAST
  • MAP OF THE GETTYSBURG CYCLORAMA
  • SCHOOL MATES AT THE PEACH ORCHARD, DEVIL’S DEN AND LITTLE ROUND TOP
  • A DISTURBING PREMONITION
  • RANKING OF THE BATTLE
  • A FAITHFUL SLAVE
  • REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES OF JULY 4TH
  • CHARGED THROUGH THE VALLEY OF DEATH
  • UNCLE GREEN
  • SABER WOUND
  • INJURED ON JULY 1ST
  • BROTHERS REUNITED AFTER FORTY YEARS
  • HARSH CRITICISM OF GENERAL LONGSTREET
  • IN DEFENSE OF GENERAL LONGSTREET
  • GRUELING AMBULANCE RIDE
  • RECENT UPDATE
  • LOSS OF THE REGIMENTAL FLAG
  • LEFT FOR DEAD
  • A HERO IN THE SADDLE
  • CLOSE TO BEING HANGED
  • AT LITTLE ROUND TOP
  • CAPTURED 200 WAGONS
  • CLAIMED TO HAVE FIRED THE FIRST SHOT
  • PERMANENT SOUVENIR
  • OTHER BRIGADES AT PICKETT’S CHARGE
  • TALL TALES FOR FREE DRINKS
  • ONE OF ABILENE’S YOUNGEST VETERANS
  • RODE WITH GENERAL STUART
  • FIGHTING UNDER THE SAME FLAG ONCE MORE
  • A THRILLING SIGHT
  • A SOLDIER OF HIS WORD
  • A PRIZED LETTER
  • RESCUING LEFTSREGIMENT’S COLORS
  • A BROTHER KILLED AT GETTYSBURG
  • ONLY SOLDIER NOT WOUNDED IN COMPANY F
  • “BIGGEST COWARD” IN LEE’S ARMY
  • UNCLE OBIE
  • A TREASURED REMINDER OF PICKETT’S CHARGE
  • THRICE WOUNDED
  • IRON BRIGADE SOLDIER
  • DRIVING THE FEDERALS BACK
  • LEFT ON THE BATTLEFIELD
  • BEGAN THE CHARGE AS A 1ST LIEUTENANT, CAME OUT AS A COLONEL
  • BRILLIANT CHARGES
  • CHARGE OF THE 1ST MINNESOTA
  • DEFEAT OF JONES
  • REMEMBERING GENERAL BARKSDALE
  • MEMORIES OF A PRETTY GIRL
  • NEVER LEFTS ON THE MARCH
  • JOHN BROWN’S HANGING TO GETTYSBURG TO APPOMATTOX
  • A COMPASSIONATE MINISTER OF THE BLUE
  • A JOYOUS REUNION
  • HARSH LIFE OF A P.O.W.
  • THE DRUMMER’S SECRET
  • SERVED IN GENERAL STUART’S HORSE ARTILLERY
  • A HARSH LEFTS
  • A WIDOW’S LAMENT
  • KINSHIP WITH GENERAL GARNETT
  • CITY OF MONUMENTS
  • A DISTINGUISHED ASSISTANT TO GENERAL LEE
  • REUNION WITH MRS. GEORGE E. PICKETT
  • A VIEW OF PICKETT’S CHARGE
  • A SOLDIER IN STONEWALL JACKSON’S FOOT CAVALRY
  • SOLDIER OF THE U.S.C.T.
  • A HARSH REVIEW OF HOOD’S BRIGADE HISTORIAN
  • HISTORIAN OF HOOD’S TEXAS BRIGADE’S REBUTTAL
  • WOUNDED AT THE STONE FENCE
  • SENT TO THE DUNGEON
  • A TREASURED AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF CONFEDERATE POW’S
  • LEFT BEHIND
  • WOUND THAT SAVED A SOLDIER’S LIFE
  • VIRGINIAN SHARPSHOOTER AT GETTYSBURG, LATER A TEXAS HOME GUARD
  • ASSISTANT SURGEON AT GETTYSBURG
  • A GETTYSBURG VETERAN OF MANY WOUNDS
  • FIRED FIRST SHOT AT GETTYSBURG
  • BODIES OF THE DEAD
  • A LEADING FIGURE
  • GENERAL PICKETT’S RELATIVE
  • MEMORIES OF GETTYSBURG, FORTY EIGHT YEARS LATER
  • BAYONETED IN THE BREAST
  • THE BRAVE 26TH NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY
  • ONLY THIRTEEN KILLED AT GETTYSBURG
  • PICKETT’S CHARGE REPORT
  • PRIVATE TO MAJOR
  • LASTING FRIENDSHIP WITH GENERAL CUSTER
  • LOST BOTH LEGS AT GETTYSBURG
  • BOUNDARIES FOR THE BATTLEFIELD
  • MONUMENTS ON HALLOWED GROUND
  • RIDING AROUND THE FEDERAL LINES
  • BULLET RIDDLED UNIFORM COAT
  • A BAREFOOTED REBEL
  • TAKEN PRISONER AFTER THE BATTLE
  • CAPTURED AT THE PEACH ORCHARD
  • MEMORIES OF FALLEN COMRADES
  • A WELL-TRAVELED PRISONER
  • SOUVENIRS OF THE BATTLE
  • A TREASURED HORN
  • YULETIDE GREETINGS
  • A LADIES MAN
  • CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF THE BATTLE
  • CUT OFF FROM HIS COMMAND
  • ARTILLERY SUPPORT FOR PICKETT’S CHARGE
  • WOUNDED AT SEMINARY RIDGE
  • THE CANNONS ROARED AND MUSKETS RATTLED
  • DESTROYED EYESIGHT
  • LEFT ON THE BATTLEFIELD FOR TWO DAYS
  • HORRORS OF THE BATTLE
  • SUMMARY OF SERVICE
  • WOUNDED IN THREE BATTLES
  • ANXIOUS FOR THE FIGHT
  • SWEARING AT THE ENEMY
  • CITATION FOR BRAVERY
  • NEVER TAKEN PRISONER
  • NEVER TRAVELS NORTH
  • STIRRING MEMORIES OF LONG AGO
  • SIXTY FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE
  • HAIL OF DEATH
  • INFORMING A FATHER OF HIS WOUNDED SON
  • A GOOD SAMARITAN
  • DELICACIES AFTER THE BATTLE
  • GETTING ON REMARKABLY WELL
  • HEALING FROM WOUND VERY NICELY
  • TELEGRAPH NOTICE
  • DETAILED MEMORIES OF THE BATTLE
  • “LITTLE PIECES” OF THE BATTLE
  • ANGELS OF MERCY
  • PLACED IN THE SAME HOSPITAL TENT
  • FORMER FOES BECOME FIDDLER FRIENDS
  • LEFT FOR DEAD ON JULY 3RD
  • RECEIVED THIRTEEN WOUNDS DURING THE BATTLE
  • SENTENCED TO BE SHOT
  • NEVER LEFT THE FIELD
  • FORMER ENEMIES, FOREVER FRIENDS
  • A SOLDIER OF THE LOST CAUSE
  • A STAFF COURIER
  • MINNIE BALL FROM GETTYSBURG EXTRACTED YEARS LATER
  • REMINISCENCE OF THE FIRST DAY’S FIGHTING
  • COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
  • A VIRGINIAN IN A NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT
  • COULD HAVE WALKED ON DEAD MEN
  • A FINAL VISIT TO GETTYSBURG
  • RALLY ROUND THE FLAG
• Bibliography
• Notes