Debris of BattleWhen the battle at Gettysburg ended, over 21,000 Union and Confederate wounded lay helpless in the shattered woods and decimated fields surrounding the small town. As both armies withdrew they left the care of the wounded and the burial of the dead to a stunned citizenry. Amazingly, an unprecedented number of volunteers from both the North and South, including the U. S. Sanitary Commission and the U. S. Christian Commission, soon descended upon the