Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863Back in print--the definitive account of 15 hours that changed the course of world history. This narrativently recreates how itoo familiar story . . . with objectivity . . . (and) explosive detail. . . . (A) stirring book".--The New Yorker. |
Contents
Early Morning Mostly Confederate | 1 |
Later Morning Mostly Union | 49 |
Noonday Lull | 82 |
Between the Signalshots | 125 |
Cannonade | 127 |
Second Lull | 162 |
Advance | 179 |
Highwater Mark | 212 |
Afterwards | 273 |
The Story of the Story | 281 |
Appendices | 295 |
Acknowledgments | 311 |
313 | |
Notes and References | 329 |
343 | |
Repulse | 246 |
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Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 George R. Stewart No preview available - 1987 |
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