“Over a Wide, Hot . . . Crimson Plain”

Elwood “Woody” Christ spent many of his 60 years in his beloved Gettysburg, where he passed away in 2014. He was a 1975 graduate of Gettysburg College, a well-known local historian, and a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park. Woody served as Assistant Director of the Adams County Historical Society for many years. “Over a Wide, Hot . . . Crimson Plain”: The Struggle for the Bliss Farm at Gettysburg was his only book.

James Hessler has worked as a licensed battlefield guide at Gettysburg National Military Park since 2003. Jim is the author of Sickles at Gettysburg (2009), and co-authored Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg (2015) and Gettysburg's Peach Orchard (2019). He is one of the few authors to receive the Bachelder Coddington Award multiple times. Jim co-hosts the popular Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. His other media appearances include Travel Channel, C-SPAN, NPR, and PCN-TV. He has contributed articles to Gettysburg Magazine, America’s Civil War, and Hallowed Ground Magazine. He was one of the primary content designers for the American Battlefield Trust’s mobile Gettysburg application. He is a frequent speaker for Civil War Round Tables and other historical groups nationwide. In addition to Gettysburg, he leads tours of other battlefields and historic sites across the country, and currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Little Bighorn Associates.