Into the Fight: Pickett's Charge at GettysburgChallenging conventional views, stretching the minds of Civil War enthusiasts and scholars as only John Michael Priest can, Into the Fight is both a scholarly and a new interpretation of the most famous charge in American history. Using a wide range of sources, ranging from the monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield to the accounts of the participants themselves, Priest here rewrites the conventional thinking about this unusually emotional, yet serious, moment in our Civil War. Starting with a fresh point of view, and with no axes to grind, Into the Fight challenges all interested in that stunning moment in history to rethink their assumptions. |
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Colonel Armistead L Long 2 Lieutenant Colonel Freeman McGilvery 3 Colonel E Porter Alexander | 1 |
First Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing | 4 |
Brigadier General William N Pendleton | 5 |
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