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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... Woods / Action North of the Railroad Cut 177 July 1 : Action in the Herbst Woods 183 July 1 : Mixed Fortunes on McPherson's Ridge 189 July 1 : Fight for the Railroad Cut 193 July 1 : Union First Corps at Midday 199 July 1 : First Fight ...
... Woods 309 July 2 : Longstreet's Flank Attack : Three Scenarios 323 July 2 : Sickles and Longstreet Deploy 329 July 2 : Robertson's and Law's Scrambled Advance 338 July 2 : Benning and Anderson Strike Sickles 350 July 2 : Action on ...
... woods , " he wrote . “ We were not permitted to have any fire . Ewell did this to keep Hooker's bal- loon spies from seeing us moving . " The night tramp not only hid Lee's movements from enemy CC we were taking a lot of chances"
... Woods , a private in the 19th Indi- ana's Company F , had three times absented himself from the ranks on the eve of an engagement . Twice he had returned or been brought back , but the third time he had changed into a Confederate ...
... Woods was pulled out , allowed a last moment with the chaplain , and seated on the box . The firing squad was drawn up . As Clayton Rogers remembered it , Woods “ requested me not to bandage his eyes , a request that was not granted ...