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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... direction. The ends of a line were its flanks; the process of bending back a segment of the line so that the men stood at an angle to their original orientation was referred to as refusing the flank. The standard combat formation relied ...
... direction , and desired objectives of an operation , which his subordinates would then implement as the situation allowed . Rather than issue direct orders , Lee preferred to suggest " I WISH I COULD GET AT THOSE PEOPLE . 17.
... direction on a secondary lane . Lee's cavalry chief got his next jolt when frantic couriers arrived around noon with word that the Yankee riders were well in his rear and closing on Brandy Station . Stuart promptly released regiments ...
... operators had only to find a point clear of where the Rebels had cut the lines and patch in . Also reporting to the capital were another group of civilian spies , under the direction of. " I HOPE . 51 • TO END THE WAR ”
... DIRECTION IS THE ENEMY MAKING HIS ATTACK ? HOOKER TO HALLECK , 7:30 P.M. IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR DIRECTIONS , I SHALL MARCH TO THE RELIEF OF HARPER'S FERRY . HALLECK TO HOOKER , 8:20 P.M. INFORMATION OF ENEMY'S ACTUAL POSITION AND FORCE ...