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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... Pennsylvania sol- dier . Those in the Sixth and Twelfth corps had a lot of ground to cover as well . As a weary New Jerseyman in the 15th Regiment collapsed in camp that evening , he had enough strength left to scribble in his diary ...
... Pennsylvania. Accordingly, his four mounted regiments were called to horse while it was still dark, and set off at 2:00 A.M. Refugees had already sounded the alarm in Chambersburg. This prosperous Pennsylvania town had been visited by ...
... Pennsylvania [ causes ] great sensation , " wrote a Sixth Corps staff officer on Tuesday , June 16. The same information reached the Third Corps . " Reported rebbels in Md . & Pa . , " noted a diarist in the 86th New York . An officer ...
... Pennsylvania . Jenkins ' movement into Chambersburg had triggered a response by a variety of intelligence - gathering groups . Working in parallel to the traditional military patrols , operating as part of the Department of the ...
... Pennsylvania were not without benefit . As Rodes would later report , his food and livestock quartermasters were able to seize “ large supplies in their respective departments . ” It was the first trickle in what would become a great ...