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A field guide to Gettysburg : experiencing the battlefield through its history, places, & people / Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler.
LIBRA E475.56 .R43 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reardon, Carol.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)--Tours.
- Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.).
- Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- 454 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- In this lively guide to Gettysburg National Military Park, Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler invite readers to participate in a tour of this hallowed battlefield. Includes: Expert advice for touring the battlefield, 35 tour stops, each offering a detailed account of events, Orientation to key landmarks at each stop, Essential visual cues to help you picture the battle as it unfolds around you, 47 illuminating maps, Numerous photographs-including newly available views of the battlefield, Ideal for carrying on your trip to the park and as a comprehensive resource for the armchair historian, this book includes enlightening maps and authoritative descriptions of the action that will place you right in the heart of the conflict. Crisp narratives introduce key figures and events, and eye-opening vignettes help readers more fully comprehend exactly what happened and why. A wide variety of contemporary and postwar sources offer colorful stories and present interesting interpretations that have shaped-or reshaped-our understanding of Gettysburg today. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Stop 1 The Key Terrain of Cemetery Hill 25
- July 1, 1863: The First Day of Battle
- 1 The Meeting Engagement 37
- Stop 2 The Cavalry Fight 37
- Stop 3 The Death of Reynolds 48
- Stop 4 The Fight around the Railroad Cut 57
- 2 The Battle Is Joined and Expands 69
- Stop 5 Ewell Enters the Fight 69
- Stop 6 Oak Ridge 79
- Stop 7 The Artillery Duel on the XI Corps Line 87
- 3 The Union Line Collapses 96
- Stop 8 Barlow's Knoll 96
- Stop 9 Coster Avenue 107
- Stop 10 Ramseur's Attack 113
- Stop 11 Bucktails versus Tar Heels on McPherson's Ridge 121
- Stop 12 The Iron Brigade Takes a Stand 132
- Stop 13 Last Stand at the Seminary 142
- Day One Conclusion 152
- July 2, 1863: The Second Day of Battle
- 4 Lee, Meade, and the Challenges of High Command 159
- Stop 14 Pitzer's Woods 159
- Stop 15 Longstreet's Main Effort Hits a Snag 166
- Stop 16 The Sherfy Peach Orchard 175
- Stop 17 Longstreet's Main Effort Begins 184
- 5 Longstreet Attacks 192
- Stop 18 Litde Round Top 192
- Stop 19 The Fight for Devil's Den 211
- Stop 20 The Bloody Wheatfield 224
- Stop 21 The Salient Collapses 239
- Stop 22 The Collapse of the Emmitsburg Road Line 247
- Stop 23 Holding the Cemetery Ridge Line 258
- 6 Ewell Tries the Union Right Flank 274
- Stop 24 Benner's Hill 274
- Stop 25 Lower Culp's Hill, July 2 282
- Stop 26 Stevens's Knoll 293
- Stop 27 East Cemetery Hill 299
- Day Two Conclusion 309
- July 3, 1863: The Third Day of Battle
- 7 Commanders Consider-and Reconsider-Their Options 313
- Stop 28 Meade's Headquarters 313
- Stop 29 Spangler's Spring 320
- Stop 30 Culp's Hill, July 3 328
- Stop 31 Organizing the Assault against the Union Center 339
- 8 The High-Water Mark? 349
- Stop 32 Pickett's Charge 349
- Stop 33 The Union Repulse of Pickett's Charge 367
- Stop 34 East Cavalry Field 389
- Stop 35 The Soldiers' National Cemetery 401.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807835250
- 9780807835258
- OCLC:
- 828264946
- Publisher Number:
- 99954159915
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