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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... commander refused to play according to Hooker's script, even when the Union corps that had been left behind to divert attention actu- ally crossed the river to occupy Fredericksburg. Instead of falling back toward Richmond, Lee divided ...
... commanders , especially the Fifth Corps ' Major General George G. Meade , had urged that the attack be renewed . Meade now ... commander in chief was especially galling . Even as Robert E. Lee headed back to Fredericksburg with PROLOGUE 9.
... commanders and other causes too numerous to mention, plenty of reason to be.” A soldier in the Third Corps by the name ... commander had chosen to ignore the warning signs, leaving his men to their fate. They had fought better than might ...
... commander expected justice at his hands.” Although the dispute never erupted into a public squabble, men in the ranks sensed the unhealthy tensions between the two leaders. The chaplain of a First Corps regiment accepted as fact the ...
... commander as an " honest , brave soldier , who had always done his duty well . ” Privately , though , he worried about Ewell's state of mind , specifically his periods of “ quick alter- nations from elation to despondency . " Lee made ...