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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... head of an army , Gen. Joseph Hooker was no match for Gen. R. E. Lee . ” Not everyone shared this pessimistic outlook , however . " The army is neither disorganized , discouraged , or dispirited , ” insisted a soldier in the 14th ...
... head his restructured infantry corps would be vital to the success of his forthcoming campaign . When it came to his personal command style , Lee took a decentralized approach : his role , as he saw it , was to prescribe the overall ...
... head of Lee's column might threaten Washington without the Army of the Potomac to block it . Hooker respectfully asked for Lincoln's opinion on the matter . The president's answer crackled back four and a half hours later . Given the ...
... head of Lee's army is at Martinsburg and the tail of it ... between Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville , the animal must be very slim somewhere . Could you not break him ? ” Robert E. Lee attended Sunday services at Culpeper's ...
... heads , arms , hands , and feet sticking out of the grave . " John F. L. Hartwell observed , " We found plenty of signs of the battle that was fought here last summer . Shots in trees , earth works , & c . " J. W. Muffley of the 148th ...