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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... arrived that the enemy was massing a force just south of Fredericksburg , at a narrow point on the river . Shortly after 5:00 P.M. , the hitherto quiet Union army was suddenly all sharp edges and thunder . Lee later described the action ...
... arrived on the scene , and four artillery batter- ies ( twenty - four guns ) unlimbered for action . Shortly after 5:00 P.M. , the cannon opened fire . The Federal engineers tried to push a pontoon bridge across 26 GETTYSBURG.
... material advan- tage in this campaign.” The next steps were fixed: Ewell would march north into the Shenandoah Valley, with Longstreet following after Pickett arrived ; Stuart's horsemen would screen the eastern side of 28 GETTYSBURG.
A Testing of Courage Noah Andre Trudeau. arrived ; Stuart's horsemen would screen the eastern side of the move- ment . It was all timed to get under way on June 9 . By June 6 , George Sharpe and his staff at the Bureau of Military ...
... arrived as scheduled . Every- thing was set . It was an uncomfortable night for the Union soldiers . No fires were allowed , so the men ate their rations cold and tried to sleep on the hard ground . Whispered orders brought the riders ...