Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Roy Frampton begins a series on the Gettysburg National Cemetery, also known as the Soldiers National Cemetery. The Gettysburg National Cemetery has been passionately studied by Roy for many years, and he concentrates on the personal lives of the soldiers buried in the cemetery. Roy Frampton is the co-author (with Licensed Battlefield Guide Jim Cole) of the book Lincoln and the Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Part 1
In today’s post, Roy Frampton introduces the cemetery, and himself, and shows us the burial place of a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and the latest remains found on the Gettysburg Battlefield.
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Gettysburg National Cemetery
Part 2
In today’s post, Roy shows us a soldier from Maine who isn’t buried in his grave, two soldiers from Brown’s Rhode Island Battery killed on July 3, 1863, and one of the most famous residents of the cemetery, Sergeant Amos Humiston of the 154th New York Infantry Regiment.
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Gettysburg National Cemetery
Part 3
In today’s post, Licensed Battlefield Guide Roy Frampton shows us three individuals buried in the New York Section including the highest ranking U.S. officer killed at Gettysburg and buried in the National Cemetery.
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Gettysburg National Cemetery
Part 4
In today’s post, LBG Roy Frampton showed us some Pennsylvania soldiers, and four Confederates buried in the Pennsylvania Section of the National Cemetery.
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Gettysburg National Cemetery
Part 5
In today’s post, Roy Frampton tells us the story of a soldier who visited his grave in the National Cemetery, and shows us three Antietam casualties and the great-grandfather of a President of the United States.
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