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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... Cannon fired three basic types of ordnance: solid shot, case shot, and canister. Solid shot, the traditional cannon ball, was generally reserved for long-distance counterbattery shooting. Case shot was a fuzed shell that exploded into ...
... Corps 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.
... cannon firing. Nonetheless, Stuart managed to put on a good show. An officer on Longstreet's staff swore it was a “sight ... not soon to be forgotten.” Lee concurred, describing the review as “a splendid sight” and noting that “Stuart ...