Tom Huntington

Author of Guide to Gettysburg Battlefield Monuments: Find Every Monument and Tablet in the Park

About the Author

Tom Huntington is also the author of Ben Franklin's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Civil War Trails, and Guide to Gettysburg Battlefield Monuments. His writing has appeared in Civil War Times, America's Civil War, American History, American Heritage, Smithsonian, America in WWII, and Air show more Space/Smithsonian. He lives in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, with his wife and kids. show less

Works by Tom Huntington

Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg (2013) 54 copies, 2 reviews

Pennsylvania Civil War Trails: The Guide to Battle Sites, Monuments, Museums and Towns (2007) 46 copies

Maine Roads to Gettysburg: How Joshua Chamberlain, Oliver Howard, and 4,000 Men from the Pine Tree State Helped Win the Civil War's Bloodiest Battle (2018) 37 copies

Ben Franklin's Philadelphia: A Guide (2005) 5 copies

Maine at 200: An Anecdotal History Celebrating Two Centuries of Statehood (2020) 4 copies

Dill’s Tavern and the Eichelberger Plantation: A History and Guide (2018) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Naval History — August 2006 (2006) — Author "Museum Report" — 1 copy

ASL Journal Issue One (1999) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 20th Century
Gender: male
Short biography: Tom Huntington is a freelance writer and former editor of American History and Historic Traveler magazines. His articles on various historic topics have appeared in Smithsonian, Air & Space, Invention & Technology, Civil War Times, British Heritage, and numerous other publications. He lives in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania with his wife and two children.
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
Associated Place (for map): Pennsylvania, USA

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Shrike58 2,763 reviews

Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg by Tom Huntington

While I can't say this is a bad work, the reality is that it wasn't written for me, and was a little bit shallow for my purposes. Still, even if one is a hardened student of the Civil War, you'll enjoy reading about the author's travels in the course of learning about Meade's life. As for why Meade isn't better remembered, besides the shadow of not having made more of the victory of Gettysburg (which was realistically not very likely), Huntington suspects that Meade didn't have the right show more mindset to play the game of military high command the way that Grant did. show less

Dec 7, 20201 other review

rhbouchard 149 reviews

Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg by Tom Huntington

Probably the best book I have ever read. It combines military history, biography, and travelogue to tell a marvelous story. The travelogue brings the past to the present. The biography and military history are lean depending much on first hand accounts. Great maps!
I just loved this book and can’t say enough about bringing this little remembered figure from our history.

Apr 19, 20241 other review