The Battle of Gettysburg
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- ISBN: 0737708174 (lib. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780737708172 (lib. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0737708161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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122 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Publisher: San Diego : Greenhaven Press, c2002.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | I: The fury of the battle -- 1. A union soldier remembers Gettysburg / Robert Goldthwaite Carter -- 2. A confederate soldier remembers Gettysburg / Edmund DeWitt Patterson -- 3. Pickett's charge / Bruce Catton -- 4. The wounded and dead of Gettysburg / Kent Gramm -- II: Why the South lost at Gettysburg -- 1. General Longstreet blames General Lee for the South's defeat / James Longstreet -- 2. General Gordon exonerates General Lee for the South's defeat / John B. Gordon -- 3. Lee's command methods ensured failure / Michael A. Palmer -- 4. Lee cannot be blamed for the South's defeat / Douglas Southall Freeman -- III: Was the North's victory at Gettysburg incomplete? -- 1. Lincoln senses a missed opportunity to win the war / Abraham Lincoln -- 2. General Meade defends his actions in the aftermath of the battle / George Meade -- 3. General Meade moved too cautiously after the battle / James M. McPherson -- 4. President Lincoln expected too much of General George Meade's army after the battle / Bruce Catton -- IV: The battle of Gettysburg in context -- 1. Gettysburg: a test for democratic government / Abraham Lincoln -- 2. The confederacy lost the war at Gettysburg / Jefferson Davis -- 3. Lincoln gives meaning to the Battle of Gettysburg / Garry Wills -- 4. Establishing a national cemetery / Frederick Tilberg -- 5. Reconciliation: the fiftieth reunion at Gettysburg / Carol Reardon. |
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