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Philadelphia Brigade Association
Formed by veterans of one of the Union Army’s best-known Civil War brigades, this association preserved its unit’s story and defended its reputation in print. Its surviving work offers a direct, argumentative glimpse into how former soldiers remembered Gettysburg decades later.
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Reply of the Philadelphia Brigade Association to the Foolish and Absurd Narrative of Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell
by Philadelphia Brigade Association
About the author
The Philadelphia Brigade Association was a veterans’ group made up of survivors of the Philadelphia Brigade, a Union Army brigade that fought in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. After the war, members worked to preserve the brigade’s history and memory, including support for monuments and commemorative projects tied to major battlefields.
The association is known as the credited author of Reply of the Philadelphia Brigade Association to the Foolish and Absurd Narrative of Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell, published in 1910. That book is a forceful rebuttal to claims made about the Battle of Gettysburg, showing how strongly veterans still argued over battlefield leadership, casualties, and credit many years after the fighting ended.
Because this is an organization rather than a single person, there is no obvious author portrait to use. The image selected here is associated with Oliver Otis Howard, an early commander connected with the Philadelphia Brigade, and should be understood as related historical context rather than a portrait of the association itself.