Description: Because of their courageous acts during the Gettysburg Campaign, 71 men were awarded the Medal of Honor; seven men received the reactivated Confederate Medal of Honor. Through the author's extensive research and period photographs, learn the names, stories, and bravery that earned these soldiers our country's highest military decoration for valor.
Brief description: Roy Frampton became a Licensed Battlefield Guide at the Gettysburg National Military Park in 1968, just two weeks after his high school graduation. He has since conducted over 12,000 tours of the Gettysburg battlefield. He is also an ordained minister and a high school social studies teacher. Roy's other published works include Lincoln and the Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, and the two-volume work "One Country, One Flag: The Strife of Brothers is Past: Inscriptions & Location of the Memorials of the Gettysburg Battlefield." For over two decades, Roy has researched the lives of the Gettysburg Medal of Honor recipients, visiting their gravesites and hometowns.