Gettysburg S Bloody Wheatfield
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Gettysburg S Bloody Wheatfield
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Author : Jay Jorgensen
language : en
Publisher: Savas Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-31
Gettysburg S Bloody Wheatfield written by Jay Jorgensen and has been published by Savas Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-31 with History categories.
The fight for the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, has long been one of the most confusing and misunderstood engagements of that famous battle until now. Gettysburgs Bloody Wheatfield provides readers with a blow-by-blow description of the fight where one out of every three soldiers was a casualty.
Storming The Wheatfield
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Author : James M. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Gettysburg Publishing
Release Date : 2019-10-01
Storming The Wheatfield written by James M. Smith and has been published by Gettysburg Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with History categories.
This gripping narrative is an in-depth study of the valiant men of General John Caldwell’s Union Division during the Gettysburg Campaign. Caldwell’s Division made a desperate stand against a tough and determined Confederate force in farmer George Rose's nearly 20-acre Wheatfield. Ready for harvest, the infamous Wheatfield would change hands nearly six times in the span of two hours of fighting on July 2, becoming a trampled, bloody, no-man's land for thousands of wounded soldiers. Smith examines the lives of the Union soldiers in the ranks—as well as leaders Cross, Kelly, Zook, Brooke, and Caldwell himself. From Colonel Edward Cross’s black bandana, to the famed Irish Brigade's charge on Stoney Hill, to a lone young man from Washington County whose grave is marked in stone nearby, James Smith’s Storming the Wheatfield goes deep into the lives the soldiers, evoking a personal connection with the troops. Smith painstakingly contacted nearly one hundred descendants of Caldwell's soldiers, producing one of the most extensively researched narratives to date.
The Wheatfield
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Author : David M. Rieker
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-07-27
The Wheatfield written by David M. Rieker and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-27 with Fiction categories.
What was it like to fight in the swirling violence of The Wheatfield at Gettysburg? What was it like to be wounded and treated in a makeshift Civil War hospital? What was it like to suddenly become a nurse to hundreds of badly wounded boys? In this new novel a young lady and a Union soldier face challenges that confronted thousands of young people during the battle. Mark, the young soldier, ran away at the battle of Chancellorsville, just one month ago. Can he find the courage to help drive the rebels away from his home state? Annie, the young lady, has a young son whose father has been killed in this war. Can she build a new life for herself and her son? She befriends a young black woman and her son. Will she be able to keep them safe? Both Annie and Mark must face the consequences of choices they made in the past. He is helped by a poet, just gaining fame. She is comforted by a famous man as he tours the battlefield. See if they can find love as they confront the random violence of war. Much of the action takes place in or near a field where thousands of men fought and suffered and died. Today that field is a famous landmark at Gettysburg, known to millions as "The Wheatfield."
Gettysburg S Peach Orchard
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Author : James A. Hessler
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2019-03-14
Gettysburg S Peach Orchard written by James A. Hessler and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-14 with History categories.
A “fascinating illumination of little-known accounts and personalities” by two experts on the Battle of Gettysburg (Civil War News). The historiography of Gettysburg’s second day is usually dominated by the Union’s successful defense of Little Round Top—but the day’s most influential action occurred nearly one mile west along the Emmitsburg Road, in farmer Joseph Sherfy’s peach orchard. This is the first full-length study of this pivotal action. On July 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered skeptical subordinate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet to launch a massive assault against the Union left flank. The offensive was intended to seize the Peach Orchard and surrounding ground for use as an artillery position to support the ongoing attack. However, Union Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles, a scheming former congressman from New York, misinterpreted his orders and occupied the orchard first. What followed was some of Gettysburg’s bloodiest and most controversial fighting. General Sickles’s questionable advance forced Longstreet’s artillery and infantry to fight for every inch of ground to Cemetery Ridge. The Confederate attack crushed the Peach Orchard salient and other parts of the Union line, threatening the left flank of Maj. Gen. George Meade’s army. The command decisions made in and around the Sherfy property influenced actions on every part of the battlefield. The occupation of the high ground at the Peach Orchard helped General Lee rationalize ordering the tragic July 3 assault known as Pickett’s Charge. This richly detailed study is based on scores of primary accounts and a deep understanding of the terrain. The authors, both Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides, combine the military aspects of the fighting with human interest stories, in a balanced treatment of the bloody attack and defense of Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard.
Maine Roads To Gettysburg
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Author : Tom Huntington
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-06-14
Maine Roads To Gettysburg written by Tom Huntington and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-14 with History categories.
From the author of Searching for George Gordon Meade, a study of how troops from Maine aided the Union Army’s victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his 20th Maine regiment made a legendary stand on Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. But Maine’s role in the battle includes much more than that. Soldiers from the Pine Tree State contributed mightily during the three days of fighting. Pious general Oliver Otis Howard secured the high ground of Cemetery Ridge for the Union on the first day. Adelbert Ames—the stern taskmaster who had transformed the 20th Maine into a fighting regiment—commanded a brigade and then a division at Gettysburg. The 17th Maine fought ably in the confused and bloody action in the Wheatfield; a sea captain turned artilleryman named Freeman McGilvery cobbled together a defensive line that proved decisive on July 2; and the 19th Maine helped stop Pickett’s Charge during the battle’s climax. Maine soldiers had fought and died for two bloody years even before they reached Gettysburg. They had fallen on battlefields in Virginia and Maryland. They had died in front of Richmond, in the Shenandoah Valley, on the bloody fields of Antietam, in the Slaughter Pen at Fredericksburg, and in the tangled Wilderness around Chancellorsville. And the survivors kept fighting, even as they followed Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania. In Maine Roads to Gettysburg, author Tom Huntington tells their stories. Praise for Searching for George Gordon Meade “An engrossing narrative that the reader can scarcely put down.” —Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson “Unique and irresistible.” —Lincoln Prize-winning historian Harold Holzer
A Complete Hand Book Of The Monuments And Indications And Guide To The Positions On The Gettysburg Battlefield
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Author : J. Howard Wert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
A Complete Hand Book Of The Monuments And Indications And Guide To The Positions On The Gettysburg Battlefield written by J. Howard Wert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.) categories.
The Battle Of Gettysburg
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Author : Jacob Hoke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
The Battle Of Gettysburg written by Jacob Hoke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.) categories.
America S Bloody Hill Of Destiny
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Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
language : en
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Release Date : 2018-11-27
America S Bloody Hill Of Destiny written by Phillip Thomas Tucker and has been published by Fonthill Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-27 with History categories.
"No chapter in the annals of the most important battle of America's national epic has been more celebrated than the key struggle for possession of the rocky hill at the extreme southern flank of the battle line at Gettysburg, Little Round Top. And no contest during the battle of Gettysburg was deadlier or as dramatic as the high stakes showdown for Little Round Top on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. Gettysburg was the decisive turning point of America's history, and Little Round Top was the crucial turning point of that three-day struggle in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Little Round Top was indeed the bloody Hill of Destiny, when the fate of America hung in the balance and was ultimately determined on the most decisive day of the three days at Gettysburg, July 2. However, some of the most important aspects of the famous struggle for Little Round Top have been distorted by misconceptions, myths, and layers of romance. For the first time, this ground-breaking book, America's Bloody Hill of Destiny, A New Look at the Struggle for Little Round Top, July 2, 1863, has presented a fresh and new look at the key leaders and hard-fighting common soldiers on both sides, who played the most important roles during the climactic struggle that decided the fate of America during one of the most pivotal moments in American history."
Sickles At Gettysburg
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Author : James A. Hessler
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2009-06-25
Sickles At Gettysburg written by James A. Hessler and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-25 with History categories.
“Sickles is as dividing a figure in Civil War history as there is. In his masterful work . . . Hessler . . . puts him out there with all his wrinkles” (Confederate Book Review). Winner of the Robert E. Lee Civil War Roundtable of Central New Jersey’s Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award Winner of the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable’s Distinguished Book Award By licensed battlefield guide James Hessler, this is the most deeply-researched, full-length biography to appear on this remarkable American icon. No individual who fought at Gettysburg was more controversial, both personally and professionally, than Major General Daniel E. Sickles. By 1863, Sickles was notorious as a disgraced former Congressman who murdered his wife’s lover on the streets of Washington and used America’s first temporary insanity defense to escape justice. With his political career in ruins, Sickles used his connections with President Lincoln to obtain a prominent command in the Army of the Potomac’s 3rd Corps—despite having no military experience. At Gettysburg, he openly disobeyed orders in one of the most controversial decisions in military history. Hessler’s critically acclaimed biography is a balanced and entertaining account of Sickles colorful life. Civil War enthusiasts who want to understand General Sickles’ scandalous life, Gettysburg’s battlefield strategies, the in-fighting within the Army of the Potomac, and the development of today’s National Park will find Sickles at Gettysburg a must-read. “The few other Sickles biographies available will now take a back seat to Hessler’s powerful and evocative study of the man, the general, and the legacy of the Gettysburg battlefield that old Dan left America. I highly recommend this book.”—J. David Petruzzi, coauthor of Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart’s Controversial Ride to Gettysburg
Colonel Edward E Cross New Hampshire Fighting Fifth
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Author : Robert Grandchamp
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-12-10
Colonel Edward E Cross New Hampshire Fighting Fifth written by Robert Grandchamp and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-10 with History categories.
Edward Ephraim Cross (1832-1863) accomplished more in his short lifetime years than most men who live to be 100. By the eve of the Civil War, he had traveled from Cincinnati to Arizona working as a political reporter, travel writer, editor, trail hand, silver mine supervisor, and Indian fighter. In the summer of 1861, he became colonel of the Fighting Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers and gained fame as a fearless battlefield commander during action at Fair Oaks, Antietam, Fredricksburg, and Chancellorsville before being mortally wounded at Gettysburg. However, behind this great soldier lay a flawed man, an alcoholic with a short temper who fought a constant battle with words against immigrants, abolitionists, and others with whom he disagreed. This detailed biography presents a full portrait of this controversial and little-known figure, filling a critical gap in the literature of the northern Civil War experience.