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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... North Carolina. The two essential unit formations, at least so far as this book is con- cerned, are column and line. A column was a marching formation; with three or four men abreast, it packed a regiment into as compact a space as was ...
... North Carolina . " I see no prospect for peace . " It was a view shared by one of Lee's most promising young officers , Colonel Henry King Burgwyn Jr. , who commanded the 26th North Carolina . " God alone knows how tired I am of this ...
... Northern Virginia . Ambrose Powell Hill , the thirty - seven- year - old Virginian picked to command the corps , had ... North Carolina . This action , Lee claimed , had so compromised his buildup that should the Federal army again come ...
... North Carolina sol- dier in Ramseur's Brigade ( Rodes ' Division , Ewell's Corps ) reads : “ June 4 broke camp near ... N Rappahannock River Freeman's Ford Stuart Army of Northern Virginia Warrenton Pleasonton ( Cavalry ) Buford Gregg ...
... North Carolina cavalryman recalled with forgivable pride. “They saw a magnificent sight: well-groomed horses mounted by the finest riders to be found on earth. Eight thousand cav- alry . . . passed in review first at a walk and then at ...