Gordon shouted back to the boyish subaltern, "I haven't any, Sir; the Almighty has covered my men with His shield and buckler!" 20 An altercation, bordering on the humorous as well as on the grim side, occurred when a huge Federal ...
Jeffry D. Wert re-creates the last day of the bloody Battle of Gettysburg in astonishing detail, taking readers from Meade's council of war to the seven-hour struggle for Culp's Hill -- the most sustained combat of the entire engagement.
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 ...
Waves of soldiers materialized on both sides in a constantly shifting jigsaw of combat. "You will have to fight like the devil . . ." one Union cavalryman predicted.
A collection of essays from Civil War historians on leadership during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg.
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.
10 Ibid.; James Woods, Gettysburg July 2: The Ebb and Flow of Battle (Gillette, NJ: Canister Publishing, 2012), 112-19. 11 David J. Eicher, The Longest Night: A Military History Afternoon, July 2: The March and Final Preparations 243.
Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg presents a provocative new theory regarding Lee's true tactical objectives during this pivotal battle of the American Civil War.
Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1886. Fox, William F. “A History of the Twelfth and ... Freeman, Douglas S. Lee's Lieutenants. 3 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949–51. . R. E. Lee: A Biography. 4 vols. New York: Charles Scribner's ...
The fight for the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, has long been one of the most confusing and misunderstood engagements of that famous battle until now.