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J. Howard Wert's Gettysburg: A Collection of Relics from the Civil War Battle by Bruce E. Mowday, G. Craig Caba preparing to weaveTable of Contents J. Howard Wert was a recent college graduate when the armies of the North and South converged near his family's homestead just three miles outside Gettysburg in the summer of 1863. A militia member and anti slavery supporter, Wert acted as a guide for Union General George Meade, helping position federal troops in the fields and hills around town. Perhaps more importantly, he collected and labeled artifacts from the battle, including