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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827199203321

Autore

Wynstra Robert J.

Titolo

At the forefront of Lee's invasion : retribution, plunder, and clashing cultures on Richard S. Ewell's road to Gettysburg / / Robert J. Wynstra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-63101-337-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 pages)

Collana

Civil war soldiers and strategies

Disciplina

973.7/349

Soggetti

Gettysburg Campaign, 1863

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : we have our wishes gratified -- A fair opportunity to strike a blow -- A worthy successor of Jackson -- Quite a brilliant little affair -- A thunderbolt from a cloudless sky -- Our reception is somewhat icy -- Wherever Ewell leads, we can follow -- No signs of sympathy with the rebels -- The people are all Union -- These people must have lived like lords -- No army ever fared better -- Enough to frighten us all to death -- Our army left a mark everywhere it went -- I want my requisition filled at once -- We did not come here for nothing -- The general was quite testy -- We had no idea of our destination -- Epilogue : the results are not all unsatisfactory.

Sommario/riassunto

"This is about the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania through the eyes of the soldiers and civilians who experienced it"--