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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... George G. Meade , had urged that the attack be renewed . Meade now learned that Hooker was characterizing his objections to a retreat as conditional , implying that once his conditions had been met , the Pennsylvanian favored the ...
... George Meade about this interview , Reynolds would indicate that it was wrong to think that Abraham Lin- coln had been seeking to drop Hooker . According to Reynolds , Lincoln said “ he was not disposed to throw away a gun because it ...
... George Sharpe and his staff at the Bureau of Military Informa- tion had worked up revised organizational tables for Lee's army . Among those briefed on the changes was Hooker's provost marshal , whose notes indicated that “ Longstreet's ...
... George Sharpe and his staff were close to having a trustworthy sense of Lee's troop positions. Cavalry prisoners taken at Brandy Station had helped to confirm the presence of Hood's Division in Culpeper. The intelligence officers ...
... George Sharpe and his staff at the Bureau of Military Information. After collating information from several sources, Sharpe felt certain that all of Ewell's Corps was now in Pennsylvania, with cavalry detach- ments fanning out ahead of ...