GDG- Query about Signal Corps days 1 and 2 of battle

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/13/06 7:41:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, GerlDoc at aol.com 
writes:

> Unfortunately,  and oddly, Stone does not 
> specifically name the SIgnal Officer(s) under which he  served save a Lt. 
> Johnson, who 
> was from the 5th CT Infantry as well, but who was  not at Gettysburg. 
> Unlike some of the other Signal Officers, Jerome  did not mention the 
> name(s) 
> of his flagmen, in what I can find online.  But  I understand that there is 
> a 
> 3 Volume set called the Batchelder Papers that  include letters written by 
> those at Gettysburg, and I know of at least one  letter in there written by 
> Jerome. There is also a book written by Jerome - an  autobiography, I 
> believe. 
> Does anyone have these volumes, and if so,  could you please tell me how 
> many 
> letters from Jerome are in there, and is there  any "George F. Stone" listed 
> 
> in the index?
> 

Jerome's letter in Batchelder was written in October of 1865.  A fascinating 
account, but there is no mention of George F. Stone.in that letter or 
elsewhere in Batchelder.

Bruce Trinque
Amston, CT