Gettysburg: A Testing of CourageAmerica's Civil War raged for more than four years, but it is the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 that continues to fascinate, appall, and inspire new generations with its unparalleled saga of sacrifice and courage. From Chancellorsville, where General Robert E. Lee launched his high-risk campaign into the North, to the Confederates' last daring and ultimately-doomed act, forever known as Pickett's Charge, the battle of Gettysburg gave the Union army a victory that turned back the boldest and perhaps greatest chance for a Southern nation. Now acclaimed historian Noah Andre Trudeau brings the most up-to-date research available to a brilliant, sweeping, and comprehensive history of the battle of Gettysburg that sheds fresh light on virtually every aspect of it. Deftly balancing his own narrative style with revealing firsthand accounts, Trudeau brings this engrossing human tale to life as never before. |
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... Hill as his successor . In Lee's opinion , however , A. P. Hill was simply “ the best soldier of his grade with me . ” The restructuring of the Army of Northern Virginia from two corps into three was just part of the transformation that ...
... A. P. Hill's men — perhaps 20,000 in all - to confront Hooker's 80,000 . If Lee's plan was to work , the Yankee observers had to be fooled . Most bothersome in this regard were the two balloons that soared up into the sky nearly every ...
... Hill Culpeper Brandy Station Beverly's Ford Bealton Rappahannock Station Kelly's Ford June 3-9 , 1863 A 6 11 12 ... A. P. Hill Spot- sylvania . 10:00 A Another sighting recorded a “line of dust”. WE WERE TAKING A LOT OF CHANCES " 23.
... A. P. Hill , whose Third Corps alone faced Hooker's entire army , with instructions : Hill was to do everything possible “ to deceive the enemy , and keep him in ignorance of any change in the disposition of the army . ” Should Lee's ...
... [ A. P. ] Hill , and no advance having been made by them , I sent for word to Gen [ era ] l Ewell to resume his march , and left Fredericksburg myself in the evening . " Ewell , anxious to prove himself in his new position , had his men ...