Author: William S. BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Bachelder Papers: January 5, 1863 to July 27, 1880
Author: William S. BurnsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Righting the Longstreet Record at Gettysburg
Author: Cory M. PfarrPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476648697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Following up on the award-winning Longstreet at Gettysburg, this collection of new essays addresses some of the persistent questions regarding Confederate General James Longstreet's performance at the Battle of Gettysburg. Influential interpretations of his actions are evaluated for historical accuracy, drawing on often overlooked primary source material. Points of contention about Longstreet's July 2, 1863, attack are examined, along with the roots of the Longstreet-Gettysburg Controversy and the merits of Helen Longstreet's early 20th century attempt to address it.
"Tell Mother Not to Worry"
Author: Ronald D. KirkwoodPublisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611217075
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg is a place of reverence. Nurses held the hands of dying soldiers and prayed and spoke last words with them amid the blood, stench, and agony of two hospitals. Heroic surgeons resolutely worked around the clock to save lives. Author Ronald D. Kirkwood’s best-selling “Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg established the military and medical importance of the Spangler farm and hospitals. “Tell Mother Not to Worry”: Soldier Stories From Gettysburg’s George Spangler Farm is Ron’s eagerly awaited sequel. Kirkwood researched thousands of pensions and military records, hospital files, letters, newspapers, and diaries of those present at the hospitals on Spangler land during and after the battle. The result is a deeper and richer understanding of what these men and women endured—suffering that often lingered for the rest of their lives. Their injuries and deaths, Yankee and Rebel alike, carried with it not only tragedy and sadness for parents, spouses, and children, but often financial devastation as well. “Tell Mother Not to Worry” profiles scores of additional soldiers and offers new information on events and experiences at the farm, including the mortally wounded Confederate Brig. Gen. Lewis Armistead. This sequel also includes another chapter on the often-overlooked First Division, II Corps hospital at Granite Schoolhouse, a wounded list for that division, and a chapter on Col. Edward E. Cross, who died at Granite Schoolhouse in the middle of Spangler land. Kirkwood concludes by continuing the story of George and Elizabeth Spangler and their four children after the war and ends with an uplifting chapter on their modern-day descendants and how they were found after the release of “Too Much for Human Endurance.” Kirkwood’s sequel increases the understanding of the lives of the soldiers and their families and adds depth to the story of George and Elizabeth Spangler’s farm.
Observing Hancock at Gettysburg
Author: Paul E. BretzgerPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786499788
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
General Winfield Scott Hancock was perhaps the most influential officer in the federal lines, though he commanded only one of seven Union corps at Gettysburg. On day one, he rallied fleeing troops and placed them in the formidable position the Union army occupied for the remainder of the battle. In a frantic few minutes on day two, he masterfully conducted reinforcements into a yawning gap in his defensive line, securing the position just moments before the Confederates advanced to try to take it. On the third day, he led the successful defense against the massive frontal assault known as Pickett's Charge. Understanding Hancock's pivotal actions at Gettysburg is essential to understanding the battle itself. This book covers his entire life and military career.
Gettysburg
Author: Allen GuelzoPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307740692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Winner of the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History An Economist Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Battle of Gettysburg has been written about at length and thoroughly dissected in terms of strategic importance, but never before has a book taken readers so close to the experience of the individual soldier. Two-time Lincoln Prize winner Allen C. Guelzo shows us the face, the sights and the sounds of nineteenth-century combat: the stone walls and gunpowder clouds of Pickett’s Charge; the reason that the Army of Northern Virginia could be smelled before it could be seen; the march of thousands of men from the banks of the Rappahannock in Virginia to the Pennsylvania hills. What emerges is a previously untold story of army life in the Civil War: from the personal politics roiling the Union and Confederate officer ranks, to the peculiar character of artillery units. Through such scrutiny, one of history’s epic battles is given extraordinarily vivid new life.
Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg
Author: Earl J. HessPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807898392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Sweeping away many of the myths that have long surrounded Pickett's Charge, Earl Hess offers the definitive history of the most famous military action of the Civil War. He transforms exhaustive research into a moving narrative account of the assault from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath, and legacy.
Gettysburg
Author: Allen C. GuelzoPublisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307594084
Category : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
From the acclaimed Civil War historian, and coinciding with 150th anniversary of the legendary battle: an intimate and richly readable account that draws the reader into the muck and grime of Gettysburg.
Bibliographic Guide to Psychology
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Three Days at Gettysburg
Author: Gary W. GallagherPublisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873386296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
A collection of essays from Civil War historians on leadership during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. Based on manuscript sources and consideration of existing literature, the contributors challenge prevailing interpretations of key officers' performances.
Double Canister at Ten Yards
Author: Dave ShultzPublisher: Rank & File
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Fast-paced narrative details how Henry Hunt, chief of artillery, orchestrated the movements of Union batteries on Cemetery Ridge to repulse the Rebel charge in the most legendary confrontation in American military history.