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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... rebel force assembled in the vicinity of Culpeper . " To ensure that all mounted units could participate , Hooker dispatched a picked force of infantry to protect the fords behind the cavalry . Pleasonton was primed for action : " My ...
... Rebel infantrymen had been positioned just a few miles west of the fighting, none had been brought into action. Lee had moved some units to within easy supporting distance, but in the end Stu- art had handled the affair using solely his ...
... rebel force ” was poised to raid the state . In measured tones , Curtin urged his citizens to fill the ranks of the militia units then being organized for the “ defense of our own homes , firesides , and property . " Few of his ...
... Rebel retaliatory strike for Brandy Station . John Reynolds ' First Corps was one of the units involved . Among its best - known components was the brigade that was all number one : First Brigade , First Division , First Corps . Its men ...
... Rebel advance " had several skirmishes with the retreat- ing enemy . ” The Yankee force comprised only about forty riders , but Jenkins was a cautious man . It took his mounted column ten hours to cover the twenty - two miles between ...