Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863

A solemn yet vivid tribute, this memoir brings to life the trials of a New York regiment and its fellow militia as they marched through Pennsylvania and Maryland in the summer of 1863. The author, a former colonel of the 23rd Regiment, writes with intimate knowledge of the long bivouacs, the exhausted men, and the small‑scale skirmishes that unfolded far from the famous battlefield. He frames the narrative as both a record of service and a personal remembrance of comrades who bore the weight of a nation’s conflict.

The account follows the militia’s urgent deployment to guard the fertile Susquehanna Valley, a line that held back General Lee’s advance toward Harrisburg. Through careful detail, the reader hears the clatter of camp, the nervous anticipation as Confederate forces pressed close, and the quiet moments when the commander tended to the sick and weary. The narrative captures the tension of a looming attack that never came, showing how the presence of these volunteers shaped the enemy’s caution.

Beyond the battlefield, the book offers a window into the everyday courage and camaraderie of ordinary soldiers thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Listeners will hear the cadence of marching orders, the whispered prayers of a camp at night, and the steadfast resolve that kept a vital region from falling. It stands as a vivid reminder that the story of Gettysburg includes not only the front‑line clash, but also the countless hands that steadied the home front.