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The illustrated Gettysburg reader : an eyewitness history of the Civil War's greatest battle / Rod Gragg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington DC : Regnery History, c2013.Description: x, 485 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1621570436 :
  • 9781621570431
Other title:
  • Gettysburg reader
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Contents:
Advance into Pennsylvania -- Look at Pharaoh's army going to the Red Sea -- Into the jaws of the enemy -- We must fight a battle here -- He is there and I am going to attack him -- Advance, colonel, and take those colors -- It was a close bloody struggle -- The whole rebel line was pouring out thunder and iron -- Up, men, and to your posts! -- Only the flag of the Union greets the sky -- Appendix 1: Official after-action report of Major General George Meade -- Appendix 2: Official after-action report of General Robert E. Lee.
Summary: Examines the Battle of Gettysburg through letters, journals, articles, and speeches from the people who lived through those days.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 973.7349 G737 Available 33111006846220
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

One hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the words of the soldiers and onlookers present for those three fateful days still reverberate with the power of their courage and sacrifice. The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader: An Eyewitness History of the Civil War's Greatest Battle gathers letters, journals, articles and speeches from the people who lived through those legendary three days. Tied together with narrative by historian Rod Gragg and illustrated with a wealth of photographs and images, The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader will transport you to the battlefield, immersing you in the emotional intensity of the struggle of brother against brother for the future of the United States of America.

"Here they are penetrating the heart of a hostile country leaving their homes beyond broad rivers and the largest of the enemies armies while in front of them is gathering all of resistance that can be obtained by a power fruitful of every element of military power."
-- Confederate soldier T.G. Pollock on the 30th of June, 1863, the day before the Battle of Gettysburg

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-474) and index.

Advance into Pennsylvania -- Look at Pharaoh's army going to the Red Sea -- Into the jaws of the enemy -- We must fight a battle here -- He is there and I am going to attack him -- Advance, colonel, and take those colors -- It was a close bloody struggle -- The whole rebel line was pouring out thunder and iron -- Up, men, and to your posts! -- Only the flag of the Union greets the sky -- Appendix 1: Official after-action report of Major General George Meade -- Appendix 2: Official after-action report of General Robert E. Lee.

Examines the Battle of Gettysburg through letters, journals, articles, and speeches from the people who lived through those days.

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