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Author : John David Hoptak
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1540206440
Author : John David Hoptak
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614237815
“A clear and concise telling” of America’s most famous battle. “[Hoptak] has crafted a narrative that is similar to a well led tour of the battlefield” (Civil War Librarian). Fought on the first three days of July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was one of the largest and by far the bloodiest of the Civil War. Yet the importance of this great conflagration cannot be measured in numbers alone, for Gettysburg also represented a pivotal moment in the war. The battle ended General Robert E. Lee’s second invasion of Union soil, and never again did a Confederate army reach that far north. Join historian John Hoptak as he narrates the fierce action between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac at such places as McPherson’s Ridge, the Railroad Cut, the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Devil’s Den, Little Round Top and on Culp’s and Cemetery Hills. “His expertise comes through loud and clear in his energetic prose, combining narrative and analysis in a book that enlightens novices without boring more experienced readers.” —Historynet.com
Author : James M. McPherson
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760347768
In this fully illustrated edition of "Hallowed Ground," James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Battle Cry of Freedom," and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks readers through the Gettysburg battlefield-the site of the most consequential battle of the Civil War.
Author : Timothy Orr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472848406
This first volume of three discusses the tactical decisions made on day one and the ensuing combat, while also including a brief summary of the grand strategy in the Eastern Theater of the war, the conduct of the Pennsylvania Campaign from June 6 to 30, 1863, and the plight of civilians caught up in the conflict. The Battle of Gettysburg, which took place July 1–3, 1863 in and around the town of Gettysburg, PA resulted in the largest number of casualties of the entire American Civil War and is seen as the key turning point in the conflict. On its first day, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia sought to destroy the Union army, forcing its men to retreat through the streets of the Pennsylvania town to the hills just to the south. This volume, the first of three to cover the battle in depth, includes the morning cavalry skirmish, the morning clash at the Herbst's Woodlot and at the railroad cut, the afternoon clash at Oak Ridge, the afternoon fight at the Edward McPherson farm, the afternoon rout of the 11th Corps, the last stand of the 1st Corps at Seminary Ridge, the Union retreat through town, and the positions of the armies at nightfall.
Author : Canter of Canter of Military History U.S. Army,U.s. Army Canter of Military History
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 150294250X
Although over one hundred fifty years have passed since the start of the American Civil War, that titanic conflict continues to matter. The forces unleashed by that war were immensely destructive because of the significant issues involved: the existence of the Union, the end of slavery, and the very future of the nation. The war remains our most contentious, and our bloodiest, with over six hundred thousand killed in the course of the four-year struggle. Most civil wars do not spring up overnight, and the American Civil War was no exception. The seeds of the conflict were sown in the earliest days of the republic's founding, primarily over the existence of slavery and the slave trade. Although no conflict can begin without the conscious decisions of those engaged in the debates at that moment, in the end, there was simply no way to paper over the division of the country into two camps: one that was dominated by slavery and the other that sought first to limit its spread and then to abolish it. Our nation was indeed “half slave and half free,” and that could not stand. Regardless of the factors tearing the nation asunder, the soldiers on each side of the struggle went to war for personal reasons: looking for adventure, being caught up in the passions and emotions of their peers, believing in the Union, favoring states' rights, or even justifying the simple schoolyard dynamic of being convinced that they were “worth” three of the soldiers on the other side. Nor can we overlook the factor that some went to war to prove their manhood. This has been, and continues to be, a key dynamic in understanding combat and the profession of arms. Soldiers join for many reasons but often stay in the fight because of their comrades and because they do not want to seem like cowards. Sometimes issues of national impact shrink to nothing in the intensely personal world of cannon shell and minié ball.
Author : Franklin Aretas Haskell
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547012771
The Battle of Gettysburg took place on July 1-3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The book presents a detailed account of this important historical event.
Author : Newt Gingrich,William R. Forstchen
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429904643
An action-packed and painstakingly researched masterwork by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, Gettysburg stands as the first book in a series to tell the story of how history could have unfolded, how a victory for Lee would have changed the destiny of the nation forever. This is a novel of true heroism and glory in America's most trying hour. The Civil War is the American Iliad. Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson, Grant, and Lee still stand as heroic ideals, as stirring to our national memory as were the legendary Achilles and Hector to the world of the ancient Greeks. Within the story of our Iliad one battle stands forth above all others: Gettysburg. Millions visit Gettysburg each year to walk the fields and hills where Joshua Chamberlain made his legendary stand and Pickett went down to a defeat which doomed a nation, but in defeat forever became a symbol of the heroic Lost Cause. As the years passed, and the scars healed, the debate, rather than drifting away has intensified. It is the battle which has become the great "what if," of American history and the center of a dreamscape where Confederate banners finally do crown the heights above the town. The year is 1863, and General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia are poised to attack the North and claim the victory that would end the brutal conflict. But Lee's Gettysburg campaign ended in failure, ultimately deciding the outcome of the war. Launching his men into a vast sweeping operation, of which the town of Gettysburg is but one small part of the plan, General Lee, acting as he did at Chancellorsville, Second Manassas, and Antietam, displays the audacity of old. He knows he has but one more good chance to gain ultimate victory, for after two years of war the relentless power of an industrialized north is wearing the South down. Lee's lieutenants and the men in the ranks, imbued with this renewed spirit of the offensive embark on the Gettysburg Campaign that many dream "should have been." The soldiers in the line, Yank and Reb, knew as well that this would be the great challenge, the decisive moment that would decided whether a nation would die, or be created, and both sides were ready, willing to lay down their lives for their Cause.
Author : James A. Hessler,Britt C. Isenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1611216753
One of the most influential actions of the second day of battle at Gettysburg occurred nearly one mile west of Little Round Top in farmer Joseph Sherfy's peach orchard. Hessler and Isenberg combine the military aspects of the fighting with human interest stories in a balanced treatment of the bloody attack and defense of Gettysburg's Peach Orchard.
Author : Timothy J. Orr
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472848499
This first volume of three discusses the tactical decisions made on day one and the ensuing combat, while also including a brief summary of the grand strategy in the Eastern Theater of the war, the conduct of the Pennsylvania Campaign from June 6 to 30, 1863, and the plight of civilians caught up in the conflict. The Battle of Gettysburg, which took place July 1–3, 1863 in and around the town of Gettysburg, PA resulted in the largest number of casualties of the entire American Civil War and is seen as the key turning point in the conflict. On its first day, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia sought to destroy the Union army, forcing its men to retreat through the streets of the town to the hills just to the south. The opening clash involved four divisions of Confederate infantry and their accompanying artillery battalions, about 27,000 officers and men. They assaulted two corps of Union infantry and an accompanying division of cavalry, about 22,000 aggregate. Much of the narrative describes the tactical play-by-play, the customary 'who did what' of the battle, but it also gives special emphasis to identifying the critical decisions of July 1 and explains why the commanders committed to them. This volume, the first of three to cover the battle in depth, also emphasizes the experience of combat as witnessed by the rank and file-the 'face of battle'-to borrow John Keegan's expression. Primary accounts from common soldiers remind readers that Gettysburg was-first and foremost-a soldier's battle, full of raw emotion. This superbly detailed study explores the battle chronologically; but in cases where several actions occurred simultaneously, the chapters are partitioned according to key terrain features. Among the action covered is the morning cavalry skirmish, the morning clash at the Herbst's wood lot and at the railroad cut, the afternoon clash at Oak Ridge, the afternoon fight at the Edward McPherson farm, the afternoon rout of the 11th Corps, the last stand of the 1st Corps at Seminary Ridge, the Union retreat through town, and the positions of the armies at nightfall.
Author : Jane Wooldridge,Larry Bleiberg
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781426207181
Offers advice on out of the ordinary vacation opportunities, from the Texas state fair to "unknown" national parks, with profiles of inspirational travelers and sidebars about off-season travel.
Author : Jesse Bowman Young
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020054603
Jesse Bowman Young gives a thorough and engaging account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Drawing on primary sources and first-hand accounts, Young brings the conflict to life and offers fresh insights into the strategies and tactics employed by both Union and Confederate forces. This book is a must-read for students of the Civil War and military history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Walter E. Day
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104909294
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Alida Sims Malkus,Earl S. Miers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258099012
Author : John Hamilton
Publisher : Abdo & Daughters
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Gettysburg (Pa.)
ISBN : 1624032036
Offers an overview of the 1863 battle of Gettysburg, looking at the historical context, the leaders involved, the events leading up to the battle, how the battle played out, and the aftermath of the bloody conflict.
Author : Dale Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
ISBN : 0836854004
The Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 was a turning point in the Civil War, a struggle between North and South that had been raging for two years. This book tells of the momentous battle and of the events that led two great armies to meet in a small town in Pennsylvania. It looks at the character and actions of the leaders and the bravery of the thousands of men who fought and died on the Gettysburg battlefield. It also explores the reasons for the conflict and how strong beliefs could turn a nation against itself. Book jacket.
