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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... forward with material that I had not known to ask for but was very glad to have. Along the way, I received other research help from Chris Hunter as well as from James W. and Paula Stuart Warren. My chief research base away from home was ...
... General [ P. G. T. ] Beau- regard , and pushed forward to Culpeper Court - House , threatening Washington from that direction . " Lee also tried to lower expectations regarding what he might " I HOPE . TO END THE WAR ” 63.
... forward using roads already clogged with columns of infantry and slow wagon trains . Stuart had another idea . His plan had originated with Major John S. Mosby , one of Stuart's most trusted officers , who had been on detached service ...