Barksdale's charge : the true high tide of the Confederacy at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 / Phillip Thomas Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg.

Pennsylvania.

Barksdale, William, 1821-1863.

Barksdale, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (536 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Casemate, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On the third day of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee launched a magnificent attack. For pure pageantry it was unsurpassed, and it also marked the centerpiece of the war, both time-wise and in terms of how the conflict had turned a corner-from persistent Confederate hopes to impending Rebel despair. But Pickett's Charge was crushed by the Union defenders that day, having never had a chance in the first place.The Confederacy's real ""high tide"" at Gettysburg had come the afternoon before, during the swirling conflagration when Longstreet's corps first entered the battle, when the Federals just barely

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1: “We have never been whipped and we never can be!�""; ""2: “To lay my life on the altar of my country�""; ""3: “We are going into Yankey land �""; ""4: “Exceedingly impatient for the order to advance �""; ""5: “The grandest charge ever seen by mortal man!�""; ""6: “We want those guns!�""; ""7: “The guiding spirit of the battle�""; ""8: “On to Cemetery Ridge!�""; ""9: “It seemed as if nothing could live an instant�""; ""10: Death in the Gloaming""

""11: “Great God! Have we got the universe to whip?�""""12: When Glory Was Out of Date""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781612001807

1612001807

OCLC:

855220586