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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... 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 for Oak ...
... Action near the Trostle Farm 387 July 2 : Attack and Counterattack along Cemetery Ridge 389 July 2 : Action on Culp's Hill 399 July 2 : Action on Cemetery Hill 406 July 3 : Preparing for More Combat 422 July 3 : Early - Morning Action ...
... action during the battle— deemed Hooker's performance at Chancellorsville a " fearful shock " to the army . Meanwhile , in the 7th Indiana , a First Corps regiment that had missed the combat , a lieutenant diagnosed the Army of the ...
... action , trusting that his generals would share his vision . Lee and the late Stonewall Jackson had been a well - matched pair ; it remained to be seen if the new team would work together as well . Lee's anchor in the reorganized army ...
... action : " After driving back our sharpshooters [ posted at the river's edge ] , under a furious cannonade from their batteries , by a force of skirmishers , they crossed a small body of troops and occupied the [ south- ern ] bank of ...