The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader: An Eyewitness History of the Civil War?s Greatest Battle

by Rod Gragg

Overview

One hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the words of the soldiers and onlookers present for those three fateful days still reverberate with the power of their courage and sacrifice. The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader: An Eyewitness History of the Civil War's Greatest Battle gathers letters, journals, articles and speeches from the people who lived through those legendary three days. Tied together with narrative by historian Rod Gragg and illustrated with a wealth of photographs and images, The Illustrated Gettysburg Reader will transport you to the battlefield, immersing you in the emotional intensity of the struggle of brother against brother for the future of the United States of America.

"Here they are penetrating the heart of a hostile country leaving their homes beyond broad rivers and the largest of the enemies armies while in front of them is gathering all of resistance that can be obtained by a power fruitful of every element of military power."
—Confederate soldier T.G. Pollock on the 30th of June, 1863, the day before the Battle of Gettysburg

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621570738
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	06/10/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	970,637
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

The list of Regnery authors reads like a "who's who" of conservative thought, action, and history.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 "Advance into Pennsylvania" 1

Chapter 2 "Look at Pharaoh's Army Going to the Red Sea" 21

Chapter 3 "Into the Jaws of the Enemy" 47

Chapter 4 "We Must Fight a Battle Here" 87

Chapter 5 "He Is There and I Am Going to Attack Him" 139

Chapter 6 "Advance, Colonel, and Take Those Colors" 189

Chapter 7 "It Was a Close and Bloody Struggle" 225

Chapter 8 "The Whole Rebel Line Was Pouring Out Thunder and Iron" 273

Chapter 9 "Up, Men, and to Your Posts!" 323

Chapter 10 "Only the Flag of the Union Greets the Sky" 375

Appendix 1 Official After-Action Report of Major General George Meade 411

Appendix 2 Official After-Action Report of General Robert E. Lee 421

Acknowledgments 443

Notes 445

Bibliography 461

Index 475