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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... Confederacy. Those entering the Tredegar Iron Works passed the still-smoldering ruins of the Crenshaw Mill. This ... Confederate War Department named John Beauchamp Jones. Jones scrutinized his finances constantly, fearful and wary ...
... Confederate forces defending the capital , was wounded , Davis had surprised everyone by putting his military ... Confederacy -. masters . Although he did not often display a sense of irony , Lee must have reflected on the paradox that ...
... Confederacy - a spec- ulation that would have been a pointless rhetorical exercise had there not been another military front then in desperate need of more Southern fighting men ... Confederate secretary of war , James Seddon , a. PROLOGUE 3.
... Confederate forces defending the Atlantic coast from South Carolina to Florida . Argu- ing that the summer swamp fevers common to the coastal lowlands would prevent the Federals there from mounting any major operations , Lee suggested ...
... Confederate organizational chart . Sharpe had only just delivered his first strategic summary since Chan- cellorsville . Among its key points was a seemingly trivial tidbit offered by a Confederate deserter , who reported that Lee's men ...