This book is a unique example of photographic detective work in which the famous battle is re-created almost as if it were a contemporary news event. The reader is transported to the battlefield by the photographs and through the analysis of the photographs to the battle itself. We watch it unfold, action by action. In meticulous close-up fashion, with documentary force, we see the terrible encounters of men at war. - Publisher.
Gettysburg--The Second Day is certain to become a Civil War classic. What makes the work so authoritative is Pfanz' mastery of the Gettysburg literature and his unparalleled knowledge of the ground on which the fighting occurred.
John B. Bachelder , Gettysburg : What to See , and How to See It ( Boston : John B. Bachelder ; New York : Lee , Shepard , and Dillingham , 1873 ) , pp . i , 2—3 , 3-4 . 35. Vanderslice , Gettysburg , pp . 213—21 . 36.
Samuel H. Leonard Col. Adrian R. Root Col. Richard Coulter Col. Peter Lyle Col. Richard Coulter 16th Maine 13th Massachusetts 94th New York 104th New York 107th Pennsylvania in C. Robinson Second Brigade Brig. Gen.
Harry W. Pfanz. Green of Daniel's staff had picked up a rifle and gone into the deep area of the cut. ... Hubler returned the rifle to Wolf and vehemently warned him never again to load his piece with more than one charge.
... 1870), 95-96; Alexander, Flghtingfor the Confederagr, 253: James T. Carter, “Flag of the Fifty-Third Va. ... SHSP 5 (January—February 1878), 50-51; Joseph R. Cabell to Pq'ton Randolph (July 11, 1863) and W. R. Aylett (July 11., ...
Samuel S. , 313 ; defends Cemetery Hill July 2 , 159–61 , 356n91 , 359n140 ; and 8th Ohio , 211 Carter , Lt. Col. ... 386 “ A Cavalry Regiment's First Campaign : The 18th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg ” ( Klingensmith ) , Cabell , Col.
A description of the Battle of Gettysburg as seen through the eyes of nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway.
Essays by nine leading authorities, including Emory M. Thomas and Kent Gramm, shed new light on the great Civil War battle, focusing on little known facts and controversial themes.
Discusses the events that precipitated the Gettysburg Address.
... Russell, 61 Barlow, Charles, 60–61 Barlow, Francis, 60, 121 Barnett, Ross, 100 Battle of First Manassas reenactment, 43 Beamer, Samuel N., 16–17 Beard, Daniel, 59 Bear's Department Store ad, 98 Becker, Donald, 21–23, 25–26 Beckwith, ...