Gettysburg and the Great War

Roles

Student Author:

S. Marianne Johnson '15, Gettysburg College

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-16-2017

Department 1

Interdisciplinary Studies

Department 2

Civil War Era Studies

Abstract

Fifty years after the conclusion of the Civil War, the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania faced the challenge of another war. From 1914 to 1917, the townspeople followed events in Europe closely, becoming vehement supporters of the American entry into the war by April 1917. In 1918, the Gettysburg Battlefield became inundated with American soldiers for the second time in its history, as doughboys trained for overseas service on the site of Pickett’s Charge. This paper considers the way the town of Gettysburg reacted to and mobilized for the First World War. It explores the notion of a ‘forgotten’ American war in a place that is perpetually haunted by war memories.

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Original version available from the publisher at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07292473.2017.1361081

DOI

10.1080/07292473.2017.1361081

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