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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... Gettysburg over the last three decades. These scholars have stripped away the many layers of varnish that were applied to the Gettysburg story in the seventy-five years or so following the battle. Thanks to their dedi- cated work, our ...
... Gettysburg battle-book indus- try of beginning each new work by apologizing for adding to the congestion of so many ... Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command, which first appeared in 1968. Since then, writing about the battle has been ...
... Gettysburg . June 16 brought a dramatic change in Joe Hooker's command rela- tionships . Shortly before noon , he sent a message to Abraham Lincoln in hopes of getting Henry Halleck off his back . “ You have long been aware , Mr ...
... Gettysburg (population approximately 2,400) endured the great uncertainties of the times. Communications reaching the Adams County seat may have been garbled, but they were swift. On June 15, the same day Jenkins rode into Chambersburg ...