This page lists a small number of excellent resources that provide a comprehensive introduction to the Battle of Gettysburg. The list is deliberately short. These are among the best of the best resources available to armchair historians and history lovers in general. I hope that you enjoy them.
For accuracy and ease of reading, my favorite set of detailed (regiment-level) Gettysburg battle maps is Bradley M. Gottfried’s book, The Maps of Gettysburg (New York: Savas Beatie, 2010). If you must consult only free resources, please consider these two options:
American Battlefield Trust Maps are free to view online but reproduction rights must be explicitly granted by the Civil War Trust.
American Civil War Maps (Hal Jespersen) is a repository of free Wikipedia maps that you can share under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. A subset of the Gettysburg “Maps by Hal Jespersen, www.cwmaps.com” is available on Civil War Cycling, here.
Although it has been a while since I posted on this blog, you will notice that there is a lot new at Civil War Cycling. What follows is a summary of the highlights. Sitewide Structural Edits First and foremost, I rewrote and restructured our Gettysburg Study Notes for a simpler, more modern presentation. This included…
I am excited to announce that McFarland has published my husband’s (Timothy M. Thibodeau) latest book—Henry V, Holy Warrior. The book will appeal to “advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students who are new to the study of Shakespeare’s Henry V, or who are enrolled in a course on medieval English history or the Hundred Years…
Road closures near Little Round Top will impact your Gettysburg bicycle tour this year. The National Park Service announced two major rehabilitation projects that will be in full swing on July 26, 2022 and continue for 18 months. For the latest official information about dates and park conditions, visit the Gettysburg Alerts & Conditions web…
NEWS: While researching my 2021 guidebook, Bicycling Chickamauga Battlefield: The Cyclist’s Civil War Travel Guide (paid link), I bought many books on the Battle of Chickamauga (September, 1863). Each book contributed something unique to my studies. All of them helped me to design a historical touring guide for cyclists. Today, I added annotations to my bibliography…
