Автор: Pfarr Cory M. Название: Longstreet at Gettysburg: A Critical Reassessment ISBN: 1476674043 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476674049 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Not until now has a book-length, critical analysis of Lieutenant General James Longstreet`s actions at the Battle of Gettysburg been presented. A frank response to history`s challenge for a penetrating analysis of Longstreet`s actions at Gettysburg, this book endeavours to set the record straight about Longstreet`s performance.
The Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meade's Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lee's part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed leading to a decision to launch a concerted direct assault of converging regiments on the centre of the Union line, which was commanded by Hancock. The initiative seemed born of desperation and the Confederate general, Longstreet had little faith in its success. The attacking Confederates were compelled to march for over a mile across a wide expanse of open ground, under the most punishing enemy fire, before they could reach Union lines. Nevertheless, upon the order, the ranks of grey and butternut stepped bravely forward, under the commands of Pickett, Trimble and Pettigrew, and despite suffering fearful losses, some of them actually broke into the lines of the soldiers in blue. There they were killed, captured or faltered and fell back in retreat. 'Pickett's Charge', as this valiant debacle came to be known, was set upon a task almost certain to fail. Only the courage of those who charged is beyond question, for this attack has been the subject of intensive debate and much controversy. This Leonaur book on this pivotal action contains several essential perspectives by different authors and includes many maps and illustrations.
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Описание: Title: In memoriam, Rev. Bishop James Osgood Andrew, D.D., Rev. Augustus B. Longstreet, D.D., LL.D., Rev. William A. Smith, D.D.: together with original essays and poems.
Author: William T Smithson
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP00308300
CollectionID: CTRG10169604-B
PublicationDate: 18710101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
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Collation: 139 p., 3] leaves of plates: ports.; 26 cm
