Class Year
2019
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
7-31-2018
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
This post is part of a series featuring behind-the-scenes dispatches from our Pohanka Interns on the front lines of history this summer as interpreters, archivists, and preservationists. Seehere for the introduction to the series.
Gettysburg College’s Special Collections and College Archives is home to a wide variety of incredible items, including many items that are related to the Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg. Of the Battle of Gettysburg related items in the collection, few demonstrate just how intimately the battle affected the College better than the so-called “Bloody Books.” These books, whose presence in Gettysburg predated 1863, remained in the College’s libraries during the battle and bore witness to the College’s transformation into a Confederate field hospital in the aftermath of the fighting on July 1st. They have remained in the College’s possession ever since, and contain reminders of the battle within their pages to this day. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Laurel J., "The “Bloody Books” of Special Collections" (2018). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 302.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/302
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College