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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... seemed anything but thin or pale. One young man who saw him would never forget the “superb figure of our hero,” and judged Lee the “most noble looking mortal I had ever seen.” It is impossible to know precisely what Lee's thoughts may ...
... seemed to him a good thing . He urged Davis to “ give all the encouragement we can . . . to the rising peace party of the North . ” Lee also sent a heartfelt note to his son , Rooney , who had been wounded at Brandy Station . “ I wish I ...
... seemed to be conclusive statements . Provost Marshal Marsena Patrick tracked the confusion in his diary entry for June 17 : " There seems to be doubt as to Lee's Movements and it is understood that A. P. Hill remains near Frederic [ k ] ...
... seemed to be suffocating at each step , " he related , strong men wilted as though blasted by something in the air . ” .. The movement into this area brought Army of the Potomac veterans into contact with some of Washington's garrison ...
... seemed to be aimed at stopping him . “ It is plain that if all the Federal Army is concentrated upon this [ army ] , ” Lee asserted , " it will result in our accomplishing nothing , and being com- pelled to return to Virginia . ” He ...