Noble Pillars: Medal of Honor & Confederate Medal of Honor Recipients of the Gettysburg Campaign: Volume I: The March into Pennsylvania & The First Day's Battle at Gettysburg

Through extensive research and period photographs, author Roy Frampton brings the lives of Civil War heroes back from the forgotten past. Because of their courageous acts during the Gettysburg Campaign, 71 men were awarded the Medal of Honor; seven men were awarded the reactivated Confederate Medal of Honor. Learn the names, stories, and acts of bravery that earned these soldiers our country's highest military decoration for valor.You'll be introduced men such as Captain Francis Irsch, who, with a small contingent of men, stalled the Confederate advance through the streets of Gettysburg by fortifying a local hotel; Sgt. Francis Jefferson Coates, who suffered a horrific wound attempting to rally his company on McPherson's Ridge; Benjamin W. Owens, who single-handedly manned an artillery piece on a rickety wooden bridge at the battle of Stephenson's Depot. These stories and more honor a few ordinary men and their enduring acts of valor that stand like noble pillars.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1: A Short History of the Medal of Honor2: The Confederate Invasion into Pennsylvania3: Biographies: Confederate Invasion into Pennsylvania4: First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg5: Biographies: First Day of Battle at GettysburgAppendix A: Total Number of Medal of Honor RecipientsAppendix B: The Recipients of the Great Locomotive ChaseAppendix C: Minority Recipients of the Medal of HonorAppendix D: The Only Woman to Receive the Medal of HonorAppendix E: The Youngest Recipients of the Medal of HonorAppendix F: Double Recipients of the Medal of HonorAppendix G: A Few Other Medal of Honor RecipientsAppendix H: The Confederate Medal of HonorBibliographyNotesAbout the Author Read more