GDG- Top ten focus

[Dennis Lawrence]

At 09:33 AM 9/4/2007, you wrote:
>  In other words, to only study the battle turns out to
>be an academic exercise, while to research the entire campaign provides a
>broader perspective of the impact of the Battle of Gettysburg on the war as
>a whole.

Hello,

An excellent point.  I would also add that to study the campaign with out 
studying the social issues that surround the battle and were left in the 
wake of the battle  make it an academic exercise well.

How about  a count of the number of books that we all own that  deal solely 
with the soci0-cultural aspect of the battle?  I am away from my 
collection, but I would suspect I have less than a dozen on that (probably 
30 or 40 general works).  Certainly the books on the citizens of 
Gettysburg, or the hospitals at Gettysburg, or analyzing Lincoln at 
Gettysburg would fit into that category.  Tom Desjarden's book  analyzing 
the effect of Gettysburg in American Memory would fit the bill as well.

Take Care

Dennis