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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... Road that crosses the ground of major fighting on July 2 and 3. As I was reaching the end of the project, I was able to enjoy the view from Oak Hill along the Mum- masburg Road for the first time in the many years I've been tramping the ...
... road conditions made Hancock's tramp hard. Gordon Valley Pike Hill Ewell Front Royal Road Winchester June 14-15 , 1863 1 mi . 2 the [ enemy fort's ] parapet making great holes in it [ and ] sending the dirt high up in the air . " Forty ...
... road comenced to shell us [ . ] [ T ] he 1st shells was at our Regt . ” Another Minnesota diarist , Private Isaac Lyman Taylor , provided a bit more detail : " At 12 m . , " he wrote , “ as we approach Haymarket some cavalry appear on a ...