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Pfanz Harry W (Harry Willcox), <1921-> |
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Gettysburg : the second day / / Harry W. Pfanz |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1987 |
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0-8078-6973-2 |
1-4696-0304-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (624 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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The second day's fighting at Gettysburg?the assault of the Army of Northern Virginia against the Army of the Potomac on 2 July 1863?was probably the critical engagement of that decisive battle and, therefore, among the most significant actions of the Civil War. 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 |
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strategic intentions of Lee and Meade as commanders of the opposing armies, and describing the concentration of force |
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