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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... Ewell's state of mind , specifically his periods of “ quick alter- nations from elation to despondency . " Lee made it a point to speak " long and earnestly " with Ewell about the great responsibilities he was accepting . Partly because ...
... Ewell's corps was to move in advance to Culpeper Court House, mine to follow, and the cavalry was to move along on our right flank to the east of us. Thus by threatening his rear we could draw Hooker from his position . . . opposite ...
... Ewell's Corps were readying themselves to follow the next day . Among them was a Maryland staff offi- cer named Randolph McKim . Before the war , his Baltimore family had befriended Lee , then a U.S. Army officer assigned to that post ...
... Ewell's Corps , remembered setting out at midnight : " We marched all night and camped just before day in very thick woods , " he wrote . “ We were not permitted to have any fire . Ewell did this to keep Hooker's bal- loon spies from ...
... Ewell's Corps ) reads : “ June 4 broke camp near Gracie's church for God knows where . " Another Tarheel reported that “ various were the conjectures among the men as to our probable destination . ” While still holding his cards close ...