Are there diaries in existence from persons who lived at the time of the Gettysburg engagement?
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For goodness sake, there are hundreds of Regimental Histories, north and south, that were published and are available.  These are contemporaneous diaries that were kept by each Regiment.
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try doing a search on the antebellum south I was researching Mississippi and found barbeque postcards which were postcards of a lynching victim and there were links to archived sites that had actual interviews from slaves. former slaves and witnesses during that era maybe you'll be able to locate some archived financial information as well there was also a link to sites that claimed to record accurate not pop culture history, sorry I don't remember the sites I just remember how I got there
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GEN. Stormin "Norman Schwarzkopf"! Or any of the veterans you can interview at your local V.A Center or retirement home. They are all historically significant, and have fascinating stories to tell :) Good luck
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have you contacted the Ector County Library?  They also have a genealogy library that might have one.
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After the fighting on July 1, 1863 Lee decided to stay at Gettysburg. Lee saw two hills on the Union left flank. If he could take these hills, the peach orchard and the gorge then he could attack the Union from behind. On the morning of July 2nd 1863 Colonel Vincent observed the upcoming flanking manuver and immediately sent the 20th Maine to Little Round Top to reinforce the artillery at the summet. General Hoode and McClaws's divisons went in to do battle with Union forces. General Hoode took the Peach Orchard and the gorge, now known as "Devils Den", but Colonel Chamberlain and the 20th Maine deprived the South of the high ground. Lee saw his troops go up the top of the hill and therefore, was convinced to attack again. He belived the North did not have resources nor the will to fight.\nJuly 3, 1863 Lee ordered Longstreet to assemble Pictett's Division because they were fresh, he also added units from General Trimble and General Pettigrew's Divisons to assemble as well. Since the other two divisons were from General Ewell's corps Longstreet tried to hand off the command to him. Lee refused. Next Longstreet gave instructions to the divison commanders about where to place their brigades and that the target was a clump of trees near the Union Center. This area now is known as the "Angle". It was General Garnett's responsiblity to make oblique turns with his brigade to deceive Union troops about the charge's direction and spread them out into a thin line. \nThe next thing was a huge artillery bombardment by the confederates, however no advantage was taken and the Union did not respond becasuse it wanted to save its ammo on the upcoming infantry attack. As soon as the rebels left their cover shells began to rain on them, but they went anyway. General Hancock, commanding the Union center was no fool, he read the confederate charge like a book. However he was wounded in the attack. Most rebels did not reach the stonewall of the Union center, those who did were captured quickly or killed. General Arimistead's Virgian brigade was the only one to penetrate the wall, but got no further. Arimistead a good friend of Hancock before the war was mortally wounded by Hancock's men. \nResults Pickett's Division 7 colonels dead, 6 wounded, 2 generals wounded, one dead, loss of 15,000 men plus horses, muskets, and supplies. On July 2nd 1863 Lee lost one of his best divison commanders when General Hood was wounded in Devil's Den.\nLee should have found some high ground, but instead fought fortified positions on rocky hills, gorges, and a ridge that had a stone wall and could eaily be reniforced. Lee beleived his army was invincible, but he was wrong. The Army of Northern Virginia was rebuilt after Gettysburg, the spirit of the arm hadn't been broken. The war would go on, but Lee wanted Gettysburg to be the final battle and the gamble did not payoff.
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You may be able  to do a search here:\n\nhttp://www.ancestry.com/learn/contentcenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=military&o_xid=21838&o_lid=21838
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On Ancestry.com, I found a record of a "C. C. Bowman; Unit:  1 Kentucky Infantry; Company F; Rank - Induction:  Captain; Rank - Discharge:  Captain; Allegiance:  Confederate."  The source citation is  Box: 377;Extraction: 2; Record: 873; taken from the records housed in the National Archives.  I also found a record for Christopher C. Bowman in the General Index to Pension Files.  The state in which the application was filed is Kentucky. His service is listed as "Verified Recruit U.S.A.; Post (or Fort) Service, U.S.A." The application date is 1901 June 11th (not sure about the 11, as the record is hard to read, but that's what it looks like to me).  The application number is 1270159; Certificate No. 1,271,824; state from which filed:  KY; Attest: C & W. B. King; another blank at the bottom for which I cannot read the title shows "C-885-322", and is stamped "Combined."\n\nIf you can provide me with an e-mail address, I'll be happy to send you a file containing this image.  (I do not allow my e-mail to be posted here, so you will need to add a comment to your question.)  \n\nI don't have any proof that these two are referring to the same people, but at least a bit of the information appears to be correct.  \n\nI'll put this question in my watch list and check to see if you've added an e-mail address.  I do genealogy as a hobby.
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Here is a secondary source:\nhttp://miltonhershey.com/\n\nPrimary source\nPrimary sources are original records created at the time historical events occurred or well after events in the form of memoirs and oral histories. Primary sources may include letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals, newspapers, speeches, interviews, memoirs, documents produced by government agencies such as Congress or the Office of the President, photographs, audio recordings, moving pictures or video recordings, research data, and objects or artifacts such as works of art or ancient roads, buildings, tools, and weapons. These sources serve as the raw material to interpret the past, and when they are used along with previous interpretations by historians, they provide the resources necessary for historical research. \n(You could look up newspaper articles about him that were published in his lifetime, or his obituary.)\n\ns
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I found one in Meadeville, PA (there is an e-mail contact on the web page) - I hope they have the National Commander's info. I have linked the site below.
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it is an interesting question and one where i would imagine you would be more likely to get answers dealing with the descendants of George Curzon as i imagine after the bolshivik revolution the diaries of Alexandra would have been burnt.if you read Boswells london journals i am sure you will find the preface very interesting because it tells of a similar story in recuperating the diary.keep in touch and good luck.
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Me, being a history buff and teacher, I would look at maybe the Civil War and pick one battle, or pre Civil War America, the Reconstruction, or focus on Abe Lincoln or Robert E. Lee.   You could probably write a whole paper on just the Gettysburg Address!  Good luck!  There are a ton of books written and internet articles on the Civil War.  In my opinion, it's interesting also.
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http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html
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I am sorry there are few out there.....  I just have to search public records.  if you email me I can try to help you out more!!!
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http://www.si.edu/archives/historic/history.htm#sib
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Six people with the surname of RANEW served in the Civil War on the Confederate side.  I belong to Ancestry.com,  but I would have to update to find anymore information than that.  If you are interested go to Ancestry.com.
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go to the library.they will have them in the archives.
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Try this website, it's the official website for the surviving member. It's quite a good read actually!