Gettysburg : an alternate history / Peter G. Tsouras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsouras, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Physical Description:

320 pages : illustrations [16] p. of plates, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Greenhill Books ; Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2002.

Summary:

-- The most intriguing 'what if' of the American Civil War -- Exciting and graphic recreation of alternate possibilities -- America's greatest battle as you've never seen it before Everyone with an interest in America's greatest battle comes up against its controversies. What if J. E. B. Stuart had arrived on the battlefield before the second day? What if Ewell had pressed hard on the heels of the Union rout on the first day? What if Pickett's charge had been stronger and better led? What if the Army of the Potomac had been commanded by a more aggressive counter-attacker than Meade? Gettysburg presents some of these possibilities as though they were the reality, and explores the impact they would have on the battle and on the course of the war. The alternate events are anchored firmly in the context of the actual events, and are all within the scope of what was genuinely possible.

Contents:

Chapter 1 1st July 1863: 'The Devil's to pay' 13

Chapter 2 1st July 1863: 'It's my turn to take them now' 32

Chapter 3 1st-2nd July 1863: Marching through the moonbeams 47

Chapter 4 1st-2nd July 1863: 'General Lee wants that hill taken' 61

Chapter 5 2nd July 1863: 'They will soon stir up a fight' 84

Chapter 6 2nd July 1863: 'Remember, at all costs!' 108

Chapter 7 2nd July 1863: 'There is a price for leadership' 126

Chapter 8 2nd July 1863: Dominus noster Jesus Christus vos absolvat 165

Chapter 9 2nd July 1863: 'Ten G-d d

d minutes' 188

Chapter 10 2nd July 1863: 'I held you long enough' 215

Chapter 11 2nd-3rd July 1863: 'General, we have got them nicked' 234

Chapter 12 3rd July 1863: 'My men will stay!' 248

Chapter 13 3rd July 1863: Longstreet's Charge 273

Chapter 14 3rd July 1863: 'My men, follow me!' 302

Battles and controversies 318.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Greenhill Books ; Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c1997.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1853674826

OCLC:

49238364