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Interview With Donald Gallion, August 6, 2008, Donald Gallion, Michael J. Birkner
Interview With Donald Gallion, August 6, 2008, Donald Gallion, Michael J. Birkner
Oral Histories
Donald Gallion was interviewed on August 6, 2008 by Michael Birkner about his time serving in the United States army during WWII and his return to Gettysburg College and after the war.
Collection Note: This oral history was selected from the Oral History Collection maintained by Special Collections & College Archives. Transcripts are available for browsing in the Special Collections Reading Room, 4th floor, Musselman Library. GettDigital contains the complete listing of oral histories done from 1978 to the present. To view this list and to access selected digital versions please visit -- https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16274coll2/search
Will The Real James Duncan Please Stand Up?, Charles H. Glatfelter, Wayne E. Motts
Will The Real James Duncan Please Stand Up?, Charles H. Glatfelter, Wayne E. Motts
Adams County History
From 1956 through 1967 viewers enjoyed one of the most popular early television shows, To Tell the Truth. Host Bud Collyer would call on three contestants, standing side by side, to explain briefly who they were. Giving different stories, all claimed to be one and the same person. When they finished making their presentations, the host would turn to a panel of four, asking them to identify the only contestant who was in fact telling the truth about himself or herself. Then Collyer would ask that person to please stand up.
There were two contemporaries, both named James Duncan, who …
The Union Army Had Something To Do With It: General Lee's Plan At Gettysburg And Why It Failed, Paul Mengel
The Union Army Had Something To Do With It: General Lee's Plan At Gettysburg And Why It Failed, Paul Mengel
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
The question considered is what General Robert E. Lee’s plan for the battle of Gettysburg actually was, and why he fought the battle the way he did, based on a reexamination of extensive commentaries left by the participants in the battle.
General Lee believed that the Confederacy could not outlast the Union but had to win battles to cause the Union to abandon the war. This was one purpose of the invasion of the North. An initially favorable opportunity arose at Gettysburg. Despite some setbacks, Lee was encouraged and kept attacking. His plans failed because the Union Army had so …