Witness to Gettysburg
eBook - ePub

Witness to Gettysburg

Inside the Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Witness to Gettysburg

Inside the Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War

About this book

The epic battle that turned the tide of the Civil War is vividly recounted in the words of soldiers and civilians who experienced it.

The Battle of Gettysburg is perhaps the most famous conflicts of the American Civil War. Over the course of three brutal and bloody days in July of 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee attempted an invasion of the north, which was in the end successfully repelled by Major General George Meade's Army of the Potomac. 

Though this epic battle has been minutely studied,  Witness to Gettysburg offers a new perspective. Historian Richard Wheeler tells the story in both historical and human terms, almost entirely through the words of participants, both soldier and civilian, male and female. 

The technical statements in these firsthand accounts have been checked against official records and the personal stories have been verified as credible. Through this process, Wheeler has produced a war narrative that is both immediate and authoritative.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. 1. Prelude on the Rappahannock
  3. 2. Sabers at Brandy Station
  4. 3. Hooker Extends His Right
  5. 4. The Battle of Winchester
  6. 5. Exodus from Falmouth
  7. 6. Another Test for the Cavalry
  8. 7. Gettysburg and Jubal Early
  9. 8. Meade Replaces Hooker
  10. 9. Early at York and Wrightsville
  11. 10. To the Center of the Web
  12. 11. Collision at Willoughby Run
  13. 12. A Losing Game for the Union
  14. 13. The Retreat to Cemetery Hill
  15. 14. Deploying for the Showdown
  16. 15. A Near Thing at the Round Tops
  17. 16. The Storm at the Salient
  18. 17. Lightning in the Twilight
  19. 18. The Third Morning
  20. 19. Pickett’s Charge
  21. 20. Concluding Scenes
  22. Epilogue
  23. Quotation Sources
  24. Supplementary References