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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... front then in desperate need of more Southern fighting men . That place was Vicksburg , Mississippi , the fortress city representing the South's grip on a stretch of the Mississippi River adjoining the C.S.A.'s eastern and western wings ...
... front to alter the president's decision . Lee worried that the next dawn would bring news from the West that might upset everything . As he left Richmond on May 18 , the general knew one thing for certain : he would have to act quickly ...
... Front Royal Early ohnson Rodes ( + Jenkins ) Shenandoah River Cedar- ville Potomac Point of Rocks Barnesville Poolesville June 10-13 , 1863 11 12 Reynolds Han- Birney Meade Sedg- Howard Slocum ( 1st ) cock Sickles Sykes wick ( 2nd ) ...
... Front Royal Road Winchester June 14-15 , 1863 1 mi . 2 the [ enemy fort's ] parapet making great holes in it [ and ] sending the dirt high up in the air . " Forty - five minutes later , Louisiana troops charged across two hundred yards ...
... Front Royal Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River Blue Ridge Mountains Chester Gap Flint Hill Point of Rocks Potomac River Barnesville June 14-15 , 1863 12 cock ( 2nd ) Reynolds Han- Birney Meade Sedg- Howard Slocum ( 1st ) Sickles ...