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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... crossed the river to occupy Fredericksburg. Instead of falling back toward Richmond, Lee divided his outnumbered command and struck at Hooker's main force in a series of ragged, desperate actions that suddenly metamorphosed into a ...
... crossing points and protected the logistical arter- ies connecting them to supply sources via the Potomac River . Morale among many Federals was low . Private Theodore Garrish — whose Fifth Corps regiment , the 20th Maine , had seen ...
... crossed a force [ over the Rappahannock River ] at Fredericksburg in front of [ A. P. ] Hill . ” Similar messages went to Johnson's and Rodes ' divisions , stopping all of Ewell's Corps in its tracks . Robert E. Lee had remained at ...
... crossing to determine the enemy's disposition . Orders issued early this morning alerted Federal engineers , infantry , and artillery to be ready to move . The engineers set out first , stopping when they reached a somewhat sheltered ...
... crossing below Culpeper at Ellis Ford, but he had decided against the move shortly after midnight. Artilleryman E. P. Alexander had helped to scout this operation with John B. Hood. “I remember on this trip talking a great deal with ...