Pickett's charge : the last attack at Gettysburg / Earl J. Hess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hess, Earl J.

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Pickett, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1875.

Pickett, George E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (518 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pickett's Charge is probably the best-known military engagement of the Civil War, widely regarded as the defining moment of the battle of Gettysburg and celebrated as the high-water mark of the Confederacy. But as this book notes, the epic stature of Pickett's Charge has grown at the expense of reality, and the facts of the attack have been obscured or distorted by the legend that surrounds them. The book aims to sweep away the accumulated myths about Pickett's Charge.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Preface, xiii

Chapter 1. The Last Attack at Gettysburg, 1

Chapter 2. The Attackers, 36

Chapter 3. The Defenders, 82

Chapter 4. The Bombardment, 125

Chapter 5. To Emmitsburg Road, 166

Chapter 6. To the Stone Fence, 201

Chapter 7. High Tide, 248

Chapter 8. The Repulse, 296

Chapter 9. Glory Enough, 341

Epilogue: Making Sense of Pickett's Charge, 385

Order of Battle, 405

Notes, 409

Bibliography, 459

Index,483.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-482) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908741-2-2

0-8078-9839-2

1-4696-0300-4

OCLC:

731680317