Gettysburg : the second day / Harry W. Pfanz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pfanz, Harry W. (Harry Willcox), 1921-

Series:

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (624 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The second day's fighting at Gettysburg?the assault of the Army of Northern Virginia against the Army of the Potomac on 2 July 1863?was probably the critical engagement of that decisive battle and, therefore, among the most significant actions of the Civil War. Harry Pfanz, a former historian at Gettysburg National Military Park, has written a definitive account of the second day's brutal combat. He begins by introducing the men and units that were to do battle, analyzing the strategic intentions of Lee and Meade as commanders of the opposing armies, and describing the concentration of force

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: From the Potomac to Pennsylvania; CHAPTER TWO: The Army of Northern Virginia, 1 July; CHAPTER THREE: The Army of the Potomac, 1 July; CHAPTER FOUR: Meade's Scattered Corps Assemble, 2 July; CHAPTER FIVE: The Third Corps, Morning, 2 July; CHAPTER SIX: Confederate Preparations, 2 July; CHAPTER SEVEN: Sickles Takes Up the Forward Line; CHAPTER EIGHT: Longstreet's Corps Opens the Attack; CHAPTER NINE: Devil's Den; CHAPTER TEN: Little Round Top; CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Opening Attacks in the Wheatfield

CHAPTER TWELVE: The Confederates Seize the WheatfieldCHAPTER THIRTEEN: McLaws Strikes the Peach Orchard; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: From the Peach Orchard to Cemetery Ridge; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Anderson's Division Attacks; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Repulse; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908740-3-0

979-88-9313-132-1

0-8078-6973-2

1-4696-0304-7

OCLC:

741492916