A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg, the Aftermath of a Battle (Gregory Coco - AG) Shriver S/L# 28480

S/L# 28480

Legend has it that courting candles were used in Early American times as a way for a father to limit how much time his daughter spent with her suitor

The candle height is adjusted by spinning the candle cradle up or down the spiraled center shaft

and his left hand and wrist were bandaged and still partially splinted

scatter-shot style

A Strange and Blighted Land: Gettysburg, the Aftermath of a Battle (Gregory Coco - AG) Shriver S/L# 28480by Gregory A. Coco The more dismal side of the Gettysburg campaign is covered: burials of Union and Confederate corpses, removal of the 3,000 horses killed, care of the wounded, descriptions of field hospitals, disposition of POWs, cleanup of the battle ground, collection of weapons, early relic hunters, battlefield guides, and a tour of the grim and bloody fields as described by a host of early visitors.? Paperback 433 pages S L #8021