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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... units with the names of their commanders I have not capitalized the result (e.g., Wadsworth's division, Vincent's brigade). A few Federal units achieved an identity that tran- scended the military numerology, most notably Iron Brigade ...
... units could take many forms, from small cells of three or four men to widely strung lines consisting of indi- vidual soldiers posted several yards apart. Most of the weapons used at Gettysburg were muzzle loaders—that is, their powder ...
... units from Lee's army that were assigned to the capital's defenses , which could then be returned to him . Lee invited himself to Richmond to meet with C.S.A. officials , but before he could set out for the capital , there was another ...
... units tended to operate in connection with their par- ent organizations — regiments with their brigades , brigades ... unit had yet to complete was drawing up an estimate of enemy strength . That pending status suited Joe Hooker just ...
... units in the newly shaped First Corps . Born in South Carolina and raised in Georgia , the forty - two - year - old officer had initially favored tolerating a stalemate in the East while reinforcements were sent west . A lengthy dis ...