The long-awaited companion to Gettysburg: A Journey in Time. In the 20 years since Journey, Frassanito has uncovered many more never-before published photos of people and places significant to Gettysburg's early history as well as new information on commonly known photos, presented in a clear format.

Customer Review: Seeing Gettysburg As It Was

Although the majority of this book is about the battle that took place in Gettysburg, as well as its after-effects, I have to mention that there is quite a bit of scholarly information on the town itself. The pictures, and especially the accompanying text for each photo, gives the reader a window-through-time view of the little village shortly before and just after the events of early July 1863 so one can see exactly what those who were there saw. Gives me chills just thinking about it.
I never realized just how well photographically documented this particular battle was until I flipped through the pages of Mr. Frassanito's books. The then and now photos are fantastic, and the maps of each section where the shots were taken was an excellent inclusion.
Having been to Gettysburg twice in the last two years, I made myself a promise that I will not return without this author's two books ('Journey Through Time' is the other I am alluding to) as I find these to be an invaluable resource that, when I do return in '08, will help me to get a better understanding of the lay of the land, so to speak.
Truly a great and complete overview of that horrific battle. A must for Civil War fans.

Customer Review: An important piece of Civil War scholarship.

One would think with it being so many years after Gettysburg and with so many books written about the battle that there would be little room for anything truly unique on the subject. However unique is a great word to use in describing this book. This isn't just any Civil War book and William Frassanito isn't your normal Civil War author. He's a trained photo interpreter and the first man to truly take a careful study of the early photographs of the Gettysburg battlefield. The result is an amazing book that changes our perspective of many famous Gettysburg photographs and in some cases finds important new information. For example, Frassanito in his book shows a photograph never published before of the remains of soldiers being interned in the National Cemetery. The only problem is the graves are in a straight line and the gravemarkers today at the Cemetery are in a curved line meaning the markers likely don't accurately mark the positions of the soldiers. Another photograph in the book is the famous snipers nest photo. Frassanito however shows proof that the soldier was moved to that position and that the picture was staged. He even found the dead soldier in another photograph of dead on the battlefield. This book is a must have for anyone seriously interested in Gettysburg. It will not so much help you understand the battle as much as help you understand the battlefield.

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