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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... rear. Cannon fired three basic types of ordnance: solid shot, case shot, and canister. Solid shot, the traditional cannon ball, was generally reserved for long-distance counterbattery shooting. Case shot was a fuzed shell that exploded ...
... rear that “the prospect of seeing an enemy was about equal to the prospect of taking Richmond.” Oliver Norton, a Fifth Corps orderly, found time between assignments to enjoy the performance of a mockingbird that was housekeeping in a ...
... rear we could draw Hooker from his position . . . opposite Fredericksburg.” The bulk of Lee's army would enter the Shenandoah Valley, taking full advan- tage of the screen provided on its right flank by the rugged Blue Ridge Mountains ...
... rear guard at Fredericksburg , Hooker believed he had an obligation to " pitch into " that force , even if that meant that the head of Lee's column might threaten Washington without the Army of the Potomac to block it . Hooker ...
... rear and closing on Brandy Station . Stuart promptly released regiments from the St. James front , sending them off to the threatened point . The two sides met at Fleetwood Hill , where , for the next few hours , mounted charge was met ...