03344nam 2200673 a 450 991081182370332120230207225616.01-281-72643-597866117264300-253-00017-3(CKB)1000000000536122(EBL)348674(OCoLC)248522681(SSID)ssj0000162766(PQKBManifestationID)11164096(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162766(PQKBWorkID)10221684(PQKB)10363377(MiAaPQ)EBC348674(MdBmJHUP)muse16572(Au-PeEL)EBL348674(CaPaEBR)ebr10235123(CaONFJC)MIL172643(EXLCZ)99100000000053612220070808d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGettysburg heroes perfect soldiers, hallowed ground /Glenn W. LaFantasieBloomington Indiana University Pressc20081 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-35071-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-269) and index.Lee's old war horse -- Frank A. Haskell : tragic hero of the Union -- Becoming Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain -- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the American dream -- Finding William C. Oates -- An Alabamian's Civil War -- Hell in Haymarket -- William C. Oates and the death of General Farnsworth -- Mr. Lincoln's victory at Gettysburg -- Lincoln and the Gettysburg awakening -- Memories of Little Round Top -- Ike and Monty take Gettysburg -- The many meanings of Gettysburg -- Feeling the past at Gettysburg.The Civil War generation saw its world in ways startlingly different from our own. In these essays, Glenn W. LaFantasie examines the lives and experiences of several key personalities who gained fame during the war and after. The battle of Gettysburg is the thread that ties these Civil War lives together. Gettysburg was a personal turning point, though each person was affected differently. Largely biographical in its approach, the book captures the human drama of the war and shows how this group of individuals-including Abraham Lincoln, James Longstreet, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, WilliamGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863InfluenceGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863BiographyGeneralsUnited StatesBiographySoldiersUnited StatesBiographyGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863Social aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865BiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863Influence.Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863GeneralsSoldiersGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863Social aspects.973.7/349LaFantasie Glenn W1624258MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811823703321Gettysburg heroes3959160UNINA