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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... ask for but was very glad to have. Along the way, I received other research help from Chris Hunter as well as from James W. and Paula Stuart Warren. My chief research base away from home was the United States Army Acknowledgments.
... James Ewell Brown (“Jeb”) Stuart and General Robert E. Lee. Lee had come to symbolize both the hopes and the grim resignation of Rich- mond's citizenry . In the first week of May he PROLOGUE: May 15-18, 1863 PART ONE: Confluence “I wish ...
... James Longstreet . Under the previous system , he and Jackson had each com- manded half of Lee's force , and Longstreet retained most of his old units in the newly shaped First Corps . Born in South Carolina and raised in Georgia , the ...
... James Jones Hampton Gregg Robertson Pleasonton ( Cavalry + Infantry ) Rappahannock River Stevensburg Russell ( Infantry ) , Kelly's Ford Duffie Brandy Station June 9 , 1863 mi . 0 2.5 5 As soon as he got over his initial surprise , Jeb ...