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Autore: |
Pfanz Harry W (Harry Willcox), <1921->
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Titolo: |
Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill / / Harry W. Pfanz
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Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1993 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (528 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.7/349 |
973.7349 | |
Soggetto topico: | Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-487) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Two Generals and Their Armies; 2. The Only Position; 3. Ewell and Howard Collide; 4. Retreat to Cemetery Hill; 5. The Rebels Take the Town; 6. Ewell Hesitates; 7. Slocum and Hancock Reach the Field; 8. Getting Ready for the Fight; 9. Skirmishers, Sharpshooters, and Civilians; 10. Brinkerhoff 's Ridge; 11. The Artillery, 2 July; 12. Blunder on the Right; 13. Johnson Attacks!; 14. Early Attacks Cemetery Hill; 15. Cemetery Hill-The Repulse; 16. Gulp's Hill-Johnson's Assault, 3 July; 17. The Last Attacks; 18. Counterattacks near Spangler's Spring |
19. 3 July, Mostly Afternoon20. Epilogue; Appendix A. Spangler's Spring; Appendix B. Two Controversies; Appendix C. Order of Battle: Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia, 1-3 July 1863; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, Gettysburg--The Second Day, Harry Pfanz provides the first definitive account of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill--two of the most critical engagements fought at Gettysburg on 2 and 3 July 1863. Pfanz provides detailed tactical accounts of each stage of the contest and explores the interactions between--and decisions made by--generals on both sides. In particular, he illuminates Confederate lieutenant general Richard S. Ewell's controversial d |
Titolo autorizzato: | Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill ![]() |
ISBN: | 979-88-9313-471-1 |
1-4696-0299-7 | |
0-8078-6974-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822292203321 |
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