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.
DOI
10.1080/07292473.2017.1361081
Recommended Citation
Johnson, S. Marianne and Ian Isherwood. “Gettysburg and the Great War,” War and Society 36, no. 3. 2017.
Comments
Original version available from the publisher at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07292473.2017.1361081