Francis A. Donaldson

Sources
The best source on Donaldson is J. Gregory Acken’s Inside the Army of the Potomac: The Civil War Experience of Captain Francis Adams Donaldson (1998). For more information on the regiments that Donaldson served in, see History of the Corn Exchange Regiment: 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers (1888) and Antietam to Appomattox with 118th Penna. Vols (1892). In addition, you can learn more about other soldiers’ experiences in the Charles S. Swain collection at the University of Michigan, which has a scrapbook of material related to Swain’s service in the 118th Pennsylvania.

Places to Visit
The 118th Pennsylvania Infantry’s monument at Gettysburg National Military Park was built in 1889 and is located on Sickles Avenue. See this page to learn more about this monument. While in Gettysburg you can visit the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center.

Artifacts
The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee has the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry’s Regimental Color, State Color, and National Color.

Images
See a list of illustrations in Acken’s Inside the Army of the Potomac: The Civil War Experience of Captain Francis Adams Donaldson (1998).