Patrick Brennan

Gettysburg in Color: Volume 1: Brandy Station to Little Round Top Patrick Brennan

At its simplest, Gettysburg in Color: New Perspectives on America's Greatest Battle is a collection of color images that tells the story of the battle. A look inside, however, reveals an entirely new way of seeing and experiencing the high-water mark of the Civil War. Patrick Brennan and his daughter, Dylan Brennan, have collected more than 300 images associated with the battle, from photographs and drawings to paintings and illustrations, and colorized each using a combination of cutting-edge technologies and artistic disciplines. The result is a stunning presentation and a truly unique viewing experience. The authors scoured art collections and libraries to find firsthand drawings, photographs, professional illustrations for period newspapers, and illustrations in postwar reminiscences. Several paintings and drawings are published here for the first time. Many other images are well-known, but viewing them digitally enhanced and colorized is like seeing them for the first time. Modern paintings and unique diographs flesh out lesser-known areas of the fighting. Patrick's narrative of the campaign stitches the images together to create the first-of-its-kind book-based visual documentary of Gettysburg. The use of enhanced technology has led to a few surprises, including the discovery of details heretofore overlooked, including the first known photograph of Union and Confederate dead in the same image. Gettysburg in Color is the perfect introduction to the battle. For the grizzled veteran Civil War buffs, Gettysburg in Color offers something rare: an opportunity to experience a well-known subject in an entirely fresh, and surprisingly emotional, way. You will never think of the battle again the same way.