Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Longstreet, Sickles, and the bloody fight for the "commanding ground" along the Emmitsburg Road

"At the battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched a massive assault against the Union Army's left flank. Lee's offensive attempted to seize a farmer's peach orchard for use as an artillery position to support the ongoing attack. However, Union...

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Hauptverfasser: Hessler, James A. (VerfasserIn), Isenberg, Britt C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: El Dorado Hills, California Savas Beatie [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:"At the battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched a massive assault against the Union Army's left flank. Lee's offensive attempted to seize a farmer's peach orchard for use as an artillery position to support the ongoing attack. However, Union Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles, a scheming former congressman from New York, misinterpreted his orders and occupied the orchard first. Gettysburg's Peach Orchard is a detailed study of the bloody and controversial fighting that nearly lost the Civil War's greatest battle for the Northern Army."--Provided by publiaher
Beschreibung:XXVI, 381 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781611214550