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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... advance of the com- pact lines of battle were more widely dispersed and irregular detachments known as skirmish lines. Their purpose was to harry the enemy, break up advancing formations, and provide the main body with ample warning ...
... advance, he knew that the Confederate artillery would “shel them as they come across to death.” For the moment, though, it was live and let live. Continuing his improvisational spelling, Huckaby noted, “i can get up on our brest works ...
... advance to Culpeper Court House, mine to follow, and the cavalry was to move along on our right flank to the east of us. Thus by threatening his rear we could draw Hooker from his position . . . opposite Fredericksburg.” The bulk of ...
... advance was a small cavalry brigade com- manded by Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins. The thirty-two-year-old Virginian (who habitually tucked his long beard into his belt when the wind blew) was a competent warrior, though out of his ...
... 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 ...