The Grand Rapids Civil War Round Table welcomes Charles Rebesco and his presentation on the "20th Indiana and Ward's Brigade in the fight for Rose Woods at Gettysburg." While many consider the performance of the 3rd Corps at Gettysburg to be lackluster, Ward and his men acquitted themselves well on July 2. Their conduct and Ward's leadership are under-recognized contributions at Gettysburg. The 20th is somewhat overshadowed by other Indiana regiments in the Army of the Potomac (particularly the 19th of the Iron Brigade), but the 20th was "the last one standing."
Charles Rebesco is a Chicago native who has lived in Northwest Indiana for over 40 years. He retired from the practice of medicine in 2018, the same year he passed the Gettysburg licensed battlefield guide exam. Since then, he has been giving tours at the Gettysburg battlefield and indulging in a long-held interest in the Civil War.
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The state of New York lost the most men during the Civil War. 46,354 men died of the 448,850 men that fought. On the Confederate side, North Carolina sent 127,000 men and 40,275 lost their lives.
The one-year enlistment uniform allowance in 1861 was nearly identical for both the Union and Confederate armies.
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The hunger for reading material in camps was fulfilled in part by social and religious groups like the U.S. Christian Commission, which provided religious and secular materials. Almost a million Bibles were distributed and more than thirty thousand other books were made available to Union soldiers through a system of almost three hundred portable libraries, each of which had seventy to 125 books, most of which were printed smaller than standard size. These portable libraries were transported in three-foot-square wooden, shelved boxes. The Confederate Bible Society and South Carolina Tract Society provided religious works for Southern troops; however no portable library system was available to them.
Wednesday
February 19, 2025
Charles Rebesco
The 20th Indiana
and Ward's Brigade
in the Fight for Rose Woods
at Gettysburg
We Meet At:
Orchard View Church of God
2777 Leffingwell Ave. NE
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Located at the southwest corner of
3 Mile Road NE and Leffingwell Avenue NE
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Program begins at 7:00 pm
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