The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg

Jim Gindlesperger is a retired safety manager from Carnegie Mellon University, where he served as a consultant on a project between Google, NASA, National Geographic and Carnegie Mellon to map and photograph Civil War sites using high-resolution robotic cameras with 360-degree capability. He has coauthored three books with his wife, Suzanne, and five additional books on his own. Jim has contributed articles to Gettysburg Magazine and Johnstown Magazine and writes a monthly article on Civil War Medal of Honor recipients for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s daily blog. He sits on the advisory committee for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and his book Bullets and Bandages won the Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award as the best book on the Gettysburg Campaign for 2020.

The Civil War formed the basis for the origin of the Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration, established in 1861. The award recognizes distinguished acts of valor by American service men and women. Acts of valor were numerous at the turning point of the Civil War during the Gettysburg Campaign. In the lead-up to the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg and in the immediate aftermath, seventy-two men were awarded the Medal of Honor. Unknown soldiers lost in time were given the honor, and some of the most intense fighting during the entire war was recognized. Author James Gindlesperger presents the harrowing stories of the Medal of Honor at Gettysburg.