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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... aide sent by President Davis. The Confederate “loss was severe,” Lee said, “and again we had gained not an inch of ground and the enemy could not be pursued.” He had taken great risks with his army at Chancellorsville. Time and again he ...
... aide in the Eleventh Corps was told that Halleck “worked against” Hooker. Halleck was now in a perfect position to impede what Hooker felt was the absolutely necessary reinforcement of his command. To bolster his case for more troops ...
... aide Major Walter Taylor , each of the " corps embraced three divisions ; one of the divisions of the Second Corps and one of the Third had five brigades ; all the others had four brigades . The artillery was also reorganized . To each ...
... aide to Wadsworth " to have the affair hurried up . " The officer hastened away after delivering the message , grateful that he did not have to witness the event . " It seemed rather hard to march a man all the morning and then shoot ...