Defending The Union Left Flank
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Defending The Union Left Flank
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Author : B. Thomas Kopac
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-02
Defending The Union Left Flank written by B. Thomas Kopac and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02 with Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 categories.
The Battle of Gettysburg continues to capture the interest of people. The magnitude and scale of the battle draws thousands of visitors to the National Military Park each year. The area of greatest interest is the Union left flank. Devilas Den, the Wheatfield, and Little Round Top are some of the most highly visited areas of that hallowed ground. It was here that the fiercest fighting took place. Defense of this area was given to General Dan Sickles. Sickles failed to follow orders and committed one of the greatest blunders of the war. Failure to secure Little Round Top was a costly error for the Army of the Potomac. Separating his corps from the army and creating a vulnerable salient, Sickles almost lost the Battle of Gettysburg. This book is an in-depth look at the life and military career of this highly controversial general and his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Second Day At Gettysburg
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Author : David Schultz
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2015-10-30
The Second Day At Gettysburg written by David Schultz and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-30 with History categories.
“Emphasize[s] the role of Winfield Scott Hancock . . . [and] the Second Corps in plugging the gap and saving the day for the Union.” —Gettysburg Magazine On the afternoon of July 2, 1863, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet struck the Union left flank with a massive blow that collapsed Dan Sickles’ advanced position in the Peach Orchard and rolled northward, tearing open a large gap in the center of the Federal line on Cemetery Ridge. Fresh Confederates from A. P. Hill’s Corps advanced toward the mile-wide breach, where Southern success would split the Army of the Potomac in two. The fate of the Battle of Gettysburg hung in the balance. Despite the importance of the position, surprisingly few Union troops were available to defend Cemetery Ridge. Major General Winfield S. Hancock’s veteran Second Corps had been whittled from three divisions to less than one after Gibbon’s division was sucked into earlier fighting and Caldwell’s command was shattered in the Wheatfield. With little time and few men, Hancock determined to plug the yawning gap. Reprising Horatio at the Bridge, the gallant commander cobbled together various commands and refused to yield the precious acres in Plum Run ravine. The swirling seesaw fighting lasted for hours and included hand-to-hand combat and personal heroics of which legends are made. The Second Day at Gettysburg expands on David Shultz and David Wieck’s critically acclaimed earlier work The Battle Between the Farm Lanes. This completely revised and expanded study, which includes new photographs, original maps, and a self-guided tour of the fighting, is grounded in extensive research and unmatched personal knowledge of the terrain.
The Attack And Defense Of Little Round Top Gettysburg July 2 1863
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Author : Oliver Willcox Norton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
The Attack And Defense Of Little Round Top Gettysburg July 2 1863 written by Oliver Willcox Norton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863 categories.
"This is not a history of the Battle of Gettysburg, but an attempt to describe more fully and accurately than has heretofore been done that part of the battle which was fought on one corner of the field, where, more than in any other place, the fate of the contest between the two armies was decided ... The author, who was an eye-witness of the attack and took part in the defense on this part of the line, believes that it will serve to give a better idea of the fight on Little Round Top if in connection with what he saw and heard he presents the official reports of the Union and Confederate officers and extracts from the accounts of the leading historians which relate to this part of the battle, with his comparison and criticism of these documents, together with some important letters and papers not heretofore published"--P. 11.
Culp S Hill
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Author : John Cox
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2009-09-09
Culp S Hill written by John Cox and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-09 with History categories.
It was the anchor of the Union defensive line at Gettysburg--and the key to victory--but despite repeated heroic assaults, the Confederates could not dislodge its defenders.
Protecting The Flank At Gettysburg
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Author : Eric J. Wittenberg
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2013
Protecting The Flank At Gettysburg written by Eric J. Wittenberg and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 categories.
Few aspects of the battle of Gettysburg are as misunderstood as the role played by the cavalry of both sides. This is the first and only book to examine in detail how the mounted arm directly affected the outcome of the battle, and this revised edition of is the most detailed tactical treatment of the fighting on Brinkerhoff's Ridge yet published.
Chancellorsville Staff Ride Briefing Book Illustrated Edition
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Author : Ted Ballard
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15
Chancellorsville Staff Ride Briefing Book Illustrated Edition written by Ted Ballard and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.
Contains more than 20 maps, diagrams and illustrations Although "Fighting Joe" Hooker skillfully executes a well-conceived plan and out-flanks his adversary, months of offensive planning are shelved as he suddenly orders his army on the defensive. Lee seizes the initiative and achieves what has often been called his most brilliant victory. How could this happen when Hooker's army outnumbers that of Lee 2 to 1 and is far superior in artillery and logistics? Answers to these and other questions concerning leadership, communications, use of terrain, and the psychology of men in battle, are often found by personal reconnaissance of the battlefield. This book offers a staff ride briefing of Chancellorsville. Since 1906 staff rides have been used to in the education of U.S. Army officers to narrow the gap between peacetime training and war.
The Killer Angels
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Author : Michael Shaara
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2013-06-15
The Killer Angels written by Michael Shaara and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-15 with Fiction categories.
It is the third summer of the war, June 1863, and Robert Lee's Confederate Army slips across the Potomac to draw out the Union Army. Lee's army is 70,000 strong and has won nearly every battle it has fought. The Union Army is 80,000 strong and accustomed to defeat and retreat. Thus begins the Battle of Gettysburg, the four most bloody and courageous days of America's history. Two armies fight for two goals - one for freedom, the other for a way of life. This is a classic, Pulitzer Prize-Winning, historical novel set during the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Brotherhood That Binds The Brave
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Author : Michael Martin
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2015-01-15
The Brotherhood That Binds The Brave written by Michael Martin and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-15 with History categories.
Members of today's 111th Infantry, a regiment in the Pennsylvania National Guard, feel a strong sense of pride and comradeship with the members of the Philadelphia Brigade, the first citizen militia unit to exist in Pennsylvania, derived from the Associators found in 1747 in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin. The Philadelphia Brigade joined Washington's Army for the Trenton-Princeton Campaign during the American Revolution. By the Civil War, the Associators had become the 72nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which served along with three other regiments from Philadelphia in a brigade commanded by General Alexander Webb. Webb's brigade was actively engaged in battle with Confederate units assaulting Cemetery Ridge on July 2 and 3, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg. Brought together at this momentous battle these men developed a sense of pride and brotherhood that extended far beyond their own regiment to include comrades and former foes alike. In 1921 the Associators became the present-day 111th Infantry.
The Civil War Begins
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date :
The Civil War Begins written by and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
Although over one hundred fifty years have passed since the start of the American Civil War, that titanic conflict continues to matter. The forces unleashed by that war were immensely destructive because of the significant issues involved: the existence of the Union, the end of slavery, and the very future of the nation. The war remains our most contentious, and our bloodiest, with over six hundred thousand killed in the course of the four-year struggle. Most civil wars do not spring up overnight, and the American Civil War was no exception. The seeds of the conflict were sown in the earliest days of the republic’s founding, primarily over the existence of slavery and the slave trade. Although no conflict can begin without the conscious decisions of those engaged in the debates at that moment, in the end, there was simply no way to paper over the division of the country into two camps: one that was dominated by slavery and the other that sought first to limit its spread and then to abolish it. Our nation was indeed “half slave and half free,” and that could not stand. Regardless of the factors tearing the nation asunder, the soldiers on each side of the struggle went to war for personal reasons: looking for adventure, being caught up in the passions and emotions of their peers, believing in the Union, favoring states’ rights, or even justifying the simple schoolyard dynamic of being convinced that they were “worth” three of the soldiers on the other side. Nor can we overlook the factor that some went to war to prove their manhood. This has been, and continues to be, a key dynamic in understanding combat and the profession of arms. Soldiers join for many reasons but often stay in the fight because of their comrades and because they do not want to seem like cowards. Whatever the reasons, the struggle was long and costly and only culminated with the conquest of the rebellious Confederacy, the preservation of the Union, and the end of slavery. These campaign pamphlets on the American Civil War, prepared in commemoration of our national sacrifices, seek to remember that war and honor those in the United States Army who died to preserve the Union and free the slaves as well as to tell the story of those American soldiers who fought for the Confederacy despite the inherently flawed nature of their cause. The Civil War was our greatest struggle and continues to deserve our deep study and contemplation.
Defending The Wilderness
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Author : David J. Emmick
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-07-01
Defending The Wilderness written by David J. Emmick and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-01 with History categories.
This book is a companion to the book The Amick Partisan Rangers. This work covers the early Amick family and the Sewell Mountain area and the other members of the Amick family through the war. The chapters include Settling the Wilderness, Eli Amick and the 14th Virginia Cavalry, Joseph Amick and the Dixie Rifles, James Anderson Amick Company C 22nd, Asa Amick and Co. E of the 26th Battalion, James and Perry Amick and Company F, 36th, Henry Amick and the Nighthawk Rangers, The Amick Cousins in the Fight, Family Appendices and family information. Read the first chapter for a background of the family and to get acquainted with the area, then the chapters can be read in any order.