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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... Hill 234 July 1 : Assault on Seminary Ridge 238 July 1 : Coster's Last Stand July 1 : Reinforcements Arriving ... Hill and Brinkerhoff's Ridge 374 July 2 : Action near the Trostle Farm 387 July 2 : Attack and Counterattack along Cemetery ...
... Hill as his successor . In Lee's opinion , however , A. P. Hill was simply “ the best soldier of his grade with me . ” The restructuring of the Army of Northern Virginia from two corps into three was just part of the transformation that ...
... Hill , whose Third Corps alone faced Hooker's entire army , with instructions : Hill was to do everything possible “ to deceive the enemy , and keep him in ignorance of any change in the disposition of the army . ” Should Lee's bluff ...
... Hill , where , for the next few hours , mounted charge was met by mounted charge as men on horseback flailed , stabbed , slashed , and shot at one another . The broad slope of Fleetwood Hill presented a churning panorama of small units ...
... Hill ing- ton Ewell ( Rodes ) ---- Johnson ) ---- Early & Ewell Culpeper Rappahannock River Brandy Station Stuart ... Hill Aquia Gordon Valley Pike Hill Ewell Front Royal Road Winchester June. " LEE'S ARMY . IS YOUR TRUE OBJECTIVE " 35 1.