Class Year
2019
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
12-13-2018
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
For the third straight semester, I have returned to the Killed at Gettysburg project to chronicle the life and death of another soldier who lost his life in southern Pennsylvania. My personal interest in this project has not waned since I authored the first of my five profiles of Union soldiers in Dr. Carmichael’s “Gettysburg in History and Memory” course in the spring of 2017. I firmly believe that no interpretation of the Battle of Gettysburg is complete without a strong understanding of the unique lives that were extinguished there. This reminds us all that the battle was fought by men with their own personalities, hopes, and dreams, rather than faceless chess pieces on a map, and promoting this mindset has become a key goal of mine. [excerpt]
Copyright Note
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Recommended Citation
Bilger, Ryan, "A Soldier of the North and South: The Remembrance Day Legacy of Minion Knott" (2018). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 325.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/325
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.