New and Noteworthy--So You Think You Know Gettysburg? Volume Two: Handy for Dashboards, Backpacks or Flashcards

So You Think You Know Gettysburg? Volume Two, James and Suzanne Gindelsperger, J. F. Blair Publishing, index, heavily illustrated, suggested reading list, appendices, 270 pages,2014, $15.95.

Of the 233 entries in So You Think You Know Gettysburg? Volume Two, all but about a dozen feature monuments. Three farms, a cemetery, the cupola, a fence, sets of rocks and a guard shack are quickly described. The monuments are numbered and the 11 maps are quite clear and attractive.The photography is superb. The authors have added a few off-the-beaten paths sites to their itinerary. It is good to see the Lincoln Cemetery for African-Americans and the fence around the Copse of Trees which before the Civil War witnessed the murder of the paramour of Daniel Sickles wife.

So You Think You Know Gettysburg? Volume Two is very handy as a 'dashboard book', a hiker's book' or as flash cards for the Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide exam's segment on monument photographs.