Gettysburg Magazine #47 greenwalt Beckwith was present at nearly

Beckwith was present at nearly all the historic Eastern Theater engagements from Antietam to Appomattox

becoming friends—and they emotionally parted ways when the Civil War broke out

His observations span the gamut

and the governor of Massachusetts promptly selects a twenty-three-year-old artillery officer with battlefield experience to take command

the connections between home front and battlefield

Gettysburg Magazine #47 greenwalt Beckwith was present at nearlyJuly 2012 Articles written by Edwin Bearss, Thomas J. Ryan, R. L. Murry, Joseph Stahl, John B. Whiteford, Cooper H. Wingert, Sonny Fulks, Richard E. Clem, Todd Jones, and Silas Felton.