Format:
Online-Ressource (xx, 601 p)
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ill., maps, ports
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
080781749X
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0807847305
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9780807817490
Series Statement:
Civil War America Ser.
Content:
Harry Pfanz, a former historian at Gettysburg National Military Park, has written a definitive account of the second day's brutal combat. He begins by introducing the men and units that were to do battle, analyzing the strategic intentions of Lee and Meade as commanders of the opposing armies, and describing the concentration of forces in the area around Gettysburg. He then examines the development of tactical plans and the deployment of troops for the approaching battle. But the emphasis is on the fighting itself. Pfanz provides a thorough account of the Confederates' smashing assaults-at Dev
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: From the Potomac to Pennsylvania; CHAPTER TWO: The Army of Northern Virginia, 1 July; CHAPTER THREE: The Army of the Potomac, 1 July; CHAPTER FOUR: Meade's Scattered Corps Assemble, 2 July; CHAPTER FIVE: The Third Corps, Morning, 2 July; CHAPTER SIX: Confederate Preparations, 2 July; CHAPTER SEVEN: Sickles Takes Up the Forward Line; CHAPTER EIGHT: Longstreet's Corps Opens the Attack; CHAPTER NINE: Devil's Den; CHAPTER TEN: Little Round Top; CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Opening Attacks in the Wheatfield
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CHAPTER TWELVE: The Confederates Seize the WheatfieldCHAPTER THIRTEEN: McLaws Strikes the Peach Orchard; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: From the Peach Orchard to Cemetery Ridge; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Anderson's Division Attacks; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Repulse; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807869734
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807817490
Additional Edition:
Print version Gettysburg--The Second Day : The Second Day
Language:
English
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