Reviews for The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg

The average rating for The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-23 00:00:00 Benjamin Angell My great-great-great grandfather fought with the 151st Pa. Volunteers as part of Company C. I bought this book in the gift shop at the Seminary Ridge Museum in Gettysburg, seeking a better understanding of where the regiment was before, during and after the battle. Dreese does an excellent job with explaining the role of the 151st in some of the fiercest fighting on July 1 and July 3. He also spends a great deal of effort in exploring General McFarland's history. The chapters of hospital scenes and the experiences of the prisoners contained interesting details, but got a bit long. There is an appendix listing the casualties of the 151st; however, there is no list of all the members.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-09-01 00:00:00 Elizabeth Schafer This is the sad, true story of the mother of Ryan White, a young boy whose life was tragically cut short by the diagnosis of AIDS. A hemophiliac since birth, Ryan had to receive frequent blood transfusions. In a time before anyone thought of testing donar blood, Ryan was diagnosed with aids. In this book, his mother chronicles his life, struggle, and character. Breath-takingly tragic at times, it does have some slow points (like most auto-biographies) but makes up for what it is lacking in literature with sheer simplicity and beauty of emotion.