Fight like the devil : the first day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 / by Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D. White, and Daniel T. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackowski, Chris, author.

White, Kristopher D., author.

Davis, Daniel T., 1982- author.

Series:

Emerging Civil War series.

Emerging Civil War Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Do not bring on a general engagement, Confederate General Robert E. Lee warned his commanders. The Army of Northern Virginia, slicing its way through south-central Pennsylvania, was too spread out, too vulnerable, for a full-scale engagement with its old nemesis, the Army of the Potomac. Too much was riding on this latest Confederate invasion of the North. Too much was at stake.As Confederate forces groped their way through the mountain passes, a chance encounter with Federal cavalry on the outskirts of a small Pennsylvania crossroads town triggered a series of events that quickly escalated be

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Touring the Battlefield; Foreword by Mark H. Dunkelman; Prologue: The First Battle of Gettysburg; Chapter One: The Campaign; Chapter Two: First Shots; Chapter Three: Fight Like the Devil; Chapter Four: Herbst Woods; Chapter Five: The Death of John Reynolds; Chapter Six: The Railroad Cut; Chapter Seven: Oak Hill; Chapter Eight: Oak Ridge; Chapter Nine: The XI Corps Arrives; Chapter Ten: Collapse; Chapter Eleven: Battle in the Brickyard; Chapter Twelve: The Key to the Battlefield; Chapter Thirteen: Cemetery Hill; Epilogue; Appendix A: Where Was Jeb Stuart? by Eric J. Wittenberg

Appendix B: Shoes or No Shoes? by Matt AtkinsonAppendix C: The Most Second-Guessed Decision of the Warby Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White; Appendix D: Reynolds Reconsidered by Kristopher D. White; Appendix E: The Harvest of Death by John F. Cummings III; Appendix F: Amos Humiston and the Children of the Battlefieldby Meg Thompson; Appendix G: Pipe Creek by Ryan Quint; Appendix H: The Peace Light Memorial by Dan Welch; Order of Battle; Suggested Reading; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611212280

1611212286