HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG WITH MAP OF THE BATTLEFIELD. Cook Printer, Gettysburg. Compliments of John E. Pitzer, Proprietor of PITZER HOUSE, Gettysburg, Pa. Sixth Edition. 1896 Pict. wraps, 1 full page map, 2 wood engravings. 16 pgs. The booklet which was evidently given out to hotel guests, begins with a chapter titled HISTORY OF THE BATTLE. Followed by an ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN and some information on JOHN L. BURNS, JENNIE WADE, THE DEAD SOLDIER AND AMROTYPE, GETTYSBURG and THE ROUND TOPS AND DEVELS DEN. The poems are titled THE HARVEST FIELD OF DEATH y W.M.C. of Phil's and PICKETT'S CHARGE by S.G. COOK. John Emanuel Pitzer (1839–1916) did not fight at Gettysburg, but his ties to the battlefield were deeply personal. He grew up on a farm just half a mile from the Peach Orchard, and served in the Civil War with the 165th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers (which mostly fought in Virginia). Pitzer returned to Gettysburg around 1880 and operated a foundry there. He soon quit that business and established a successful three-story hotel, the Hotel Pitzer, located at 127 Chambersburg St. The establishment catered to battlefield tourists and was “the only Temperance House” in the town. For over thirty years, Pitzer managed the operation and gave tours of the battlefield, witnessing the rise of automobile sightseeing. Sometime around the mid 1890s, he published a more substantial description of the battle, titled Three Days at Gettysburg. Quite scarce as this edition or any other edition are recorded in OCLC.