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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... infantry corps had returned to their winter encampments along the Rappahannock River's northern bank , near Fredericksburg . Their positions covered likely crossing points and protected the logistical arter- ies connecting them to ...
... infantry corps into three . As he had explained to Jefferson Davis , the old setup , in which each corps numbered about 30,000 muskets , gave the corps com- manders “ more than one man can properly handle & keep under his eye in battle ...
... infantry to protect the fords behind the cavalry . Pleasonton was primed for action : " My people are all ready to pitch in , ” he assured Hooker . Throughout the morning of June 8 , as Lee watched Stuart's cavalry pass in review , the ...
... ( Infantry ) St. James Jones Hampton Gregg Robertson Pleasonton ( Cavalry + Infantry ) Rappahannock River Stevensburg Russell ( Infantry ) , Kelly's Ford Duffie Brandy Station June 9 , 1863 mi . 0 2.5 5 As soon as he got over his initial ...
... infantry corps had been captured in the fighting, and that there were unconfirmed indications of two more corps nearby. Once again, the implication was that his movements had been undertaken more to counter these Federal deployments ...