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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... observed, and should the Yankees attempt to advance, he knew that the Confederate artillery would “shel them as they come across to death.” For the moment, though, it was live and let live. Continuing his improvisational spelling ...
... observed a Second Corps staff officer . It was a good omen . Lee reached Culpeper “ early on Sunday morning , June 7. ” Hood's and McLaws ' divisions of Longstreet's Corps were on hand to greet Ewell's men , who would continue to arrive ...
... observed that “Lee is 'march- ing on,' northward, utterly regardless of the demonstration of Hooker.” Pleasonton, the Union cavalry commander, would later recount his version of the Brandy Station engagement with the full benefit of ...
... observed a soldier , “ having been fired by some wretches from the preceding col- umn . " " I wondered at this act of vandalism , " declared a member of the 148th Pennsylvania . A soldier in the First Corps was particularly incensed at ...
... observed approaching from the north . Not seeking a fight , Jenkins ' entire command had fallen back . Rodes suspected that Jenkins had been spooked , and his suspicion would prove to be right : the “ large enemy force " turned out to ...