New-found interest in the 137th NY at Gettysburg

The best-kept secret of the Civil War is getting out!
The quiet heroism of Col. David Ireland and the 137th NY, holding the right end of the Union Line at Gettysburg's Culp's Hill on the night of July 2, is beginning to be noticed.
In the past two weeks I've gotten unexpected requests for copies of my collection of letters of men of the 137th, "In Their Own Words - Col. David Ireland and the 137th NY"

The first request was from a student in a college at Ohio, whose art/history course has chosen to make a bronze plaque commemorating the 137th's defense of Culp's Hill.
The latest is from a member of a New Jersey Civil War Roundtable whose recent tour of the Gettysburg battlefield opened his eyes to the singular importance of the 137th NY in saving the battle on the night of July 2, and their crucial contribution in the renewed battle on the morning of July 3.

Comments in their recent books, by eminent historians James McPherson, Noah Trudeau, and Ed Bearrs, noted that the heroism of the 137th on the right at Culp's Hill was just as important as that of the 20th Maine at Little Roundtop earlier that evening. Now we hope that this new-found recognition of the 137th will encourage Civil War buffs to learn more about this remarkable regiment, and their equally brave and important action at Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold Gap, Atlanta, and Savannah. And recognize the fortitude of a band of men that uncomplainingly marched over 2000 miles in the course of their war.
Certainly those who take the time to read The Fighting 137th will gain a detailed understanding of these ordinary men, with a remarkable leader, that became an extraordinary regiment.