You, the reader, will relate to the experience of the solitary soldier as you stand where those soldiers stood. You can imagine eight hundred men lying dead or wounded in the Valley of Death, or two hundred seventy lying near the 20th Maine monument. Fathers, brothers, sons, and lovers fought and died there; they were men with names and faces, personalities and passions, who shed their blood on the field of battle.Whether at home by the fireside or standing on the battlefield, you will appreciate this unique report of the Battle of Gettysburg.