A Sight Never to Be Forgotten : Eyewitness Accounts from Union Chaplains at Gettysburg. This item is unavailable.A Sight Never to Be Forgotten : Eyewitness Accounts from Union Chaplains at Gettysburg

Stories from Union chaplains who left records at Gettysburg give eyewitness views of the campaign, battle, and soldiers’ roles.

Out of the more than 250 Union regiments that fought at Gettysburg, more than 130 were accompanied by chaplains, and about 50 of those chaplains left records of their experiences. This book includes stories of those eyewitness accounts, taken from regimental histories, letters, newspaper articles, and memoirs, that provide a unique view of the Gettysburg campaign, the battle, the soldiers, and the chaplains' role.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The First Corps
Chapter 3 The Second Corps
Chapter 4 The Third Corps
Chapter 5 The Fifth Corps
Chapter 6 The Sixth Corps
Chapter 7 The Eleventh Corps
Chapter 8 The Twelfth Corps
Chapter 9 The Cavalry Corps

Appendix: List of Chaplains by Brigades
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

The Rev. Dr. Nancy Jill Hale is an ordained United Methodist pastor and has served churches in upstate New York and Pennsylvania since 1998. She is an avid student of the Civil War and especially Gettysburg, where three of her ancestors fought in Pennsylvania regiments. She is the author of the Civil War novel, Faith and Duty, and articles about Union chaplains in Gettysburg Magazine.

In August 2025, she became a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg, and she continues to serve the United Methodist Church in nearby Fayetteville, Pennsylvania.