Gettysburg
The Turning Point in the Struggle between North and South
In June 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the 75,000-strong Army of Northern Virginia launched a second invasion of the North, crossing into Maryland and Pennsylvania to try to win a decisive victory over Federal forces. On July 1, Lee's army encountered Major General Meade's 90,000 strong Army of the Potamac at the small town of Gettysburg. After some initial success in dispersing the Federal advance guard, Lee launched attack after attack against the main army, but everywhere the Union line held. On July 3, Lee ordered a final assault of 12,500 Confederates at the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, known as Pickett's Charge. The char…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78274-074-2
- EAN: 9781782740742
- Produktnummer: 34646349
- Verlag: Amber Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 158'199 KB
Über den Autor
Kevin J. Dougherty is an instructor at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in Charleston. He is a retired U.S. Army officer who previously spent five years teaching military history and world civilizations in the Department of History at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dougherty is the author of The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: A Military Analysis (2005), Civil War Leadership and the Mexican War Experience (2007), Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (2010), Campaigns for Vicksburg, 1862-63: Leadership Lessons (2011), and Ships of the Civil War (2013). He lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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