Gettysburg handshakes, 50 years after.


Living history, shaking hands where they once battled ferociously. At the time of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and of the Reunion of Confederate and Union Veterans, July 1-4, 1938, nearly 8,000 participants in the Civil War were still living. Of these, 1,845 attended the reunion. Union and Confederate veterans are here shown clasping hands across the stone wall at the Angle.

At the time of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and of the Reunion of Confederate and Union Veterans, July 1-4, 1938, nearly 8,000 participants in the Civil War were still living. Of these, 1,845 attended the reunion. Union and Confederate veterans are here shown clasping hands across the stone wall at the Angle