Presents Explains the events leading up to the Battle of Bull Run, the beginning of the Civil War, and the Battle of Gettsyburg, which became the turning point that brough about the end of the war.
"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War.
To make the work still more complete, an itinerary of the Army of the Potomac and cooperating forces in the Gettysburg campaign, June and July, 1863, has been carefully revised and enlarged from documents in the possession of the War ...
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In Gibbon's small division, the Pennsylvania brigade of Alexander Webb held that portion of the line just in front of the little clump of trees that Lee had pointed out to Longstreet that morning. Webb had succeeded to command of the ...
The most famous battle ever fought on American soil comes alive in a powerful retelling of the titanic clash between two great armies.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Originally published as a 72-page pamphlet for private circulation only, and then first published in full print in 1908, this story of the Battle of Gettysburg was written by Lieutenant Haskell to his brother, H. M. Haskell of Portage, not ...
This is a day-by-day, hour-by-hour account of one of the bloodiest and most momentous battles in history. The text is a blend of documentary sources and terrain descriptions, combining official...
Wheeler blends these compelling personal accounts into a startlingly vivid tapestry of war and a dramatic narrative that entertains as well as informs. This is eyewitness history at its best.
"Describes the opposing viewpoints of the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg"--