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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812246703321

Autore

Snell Mark A.

Titolo

My Gettysburg : meditations on history and place / / Mark A. Snell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-63101-226-6

1-63101-227-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/349

Soggetti

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

My Gettysburg address: "a little lot of stars" -- East of Gettysburg: York County, Pennsylvania, during the invasion of 1863 -- Union lifeline: the Army of the Potomac's logisticians in the Gettysburg Campaign -- (West) Virginians in the Gettysburg Campaign -- "A hell of a damned fool": Judson Kilpatrick, Farnsworth's Charge, and the hard hand of history -- Music inspired by the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863-1913 -- Cadet gray, khaki and camouflage: the US Army and Gettysburg, post-1863 -- The history of Civil War re-enacting: a personal recollection -- Epilogue: casinos and other entertainments.