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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... Early Sweeps the Field 229 July 1 : Second Fight for Oak Hill 234 July 1 : Assault on Seminary Ridge 238 July 1 : Coster's Last Stand July 1 : Reinforcements Arriving Gettysburg 1863 July 2 : The Bliss Farm July 2 : Lower Seminary Ridge ...
... early . . . and remained in session in the anxious dis- cussion of that campaign until after nightfall . ” To his dying day the Texan would believe that a critical decision was made during this meeting , though in fact everything ...
... ) / Verdiersville Ewell ( Early , Rodes , Johnson ) Shady Grove Ch . Banks Ford Fredericks- burg Potomac Ck Falmouth A. P. Hill Spot- sylvania . 10:00 A Another sighting recorded a “line of dust”. WE WERE TAKING A LOT OF CHANCES " 23.
... early to let them graze . ” Major Gen- eral Jubal Early's division had marched just beyond Spotsylvania Court House on June 4 , and the next day the cantankerous Virginian expected his men to do a lot better . It was not to be , however ...
... early this morning alerted Federal engineers , infantry , and artillery to be ready to move . The engineers set out first , stopping when they reached a somewhat sheltered bend in the river near a point they knew as Franklin's Crossing ...