"The fighting on the first day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, was heavy, confusing, and decisive. Much of it consisted of short and often separate simultaneous engagements or "firefights," a term the soldiers themselves often used to describe the close, vicious, and bloody combat. Sever...

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1. Verfasser:	Priest, John M. 1949- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	El Dorado Hills, CA, Savas Beatie [2024]
Schriftenreihe:	The Savas Beatie essential Gettysburg series
Schlagworte:	Reynolds, John Fulton / 1820-1863 United States / Army / Corps, 1st (1862-1865) Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Campaigns Soldiers / Confederate States of America Soldiers / United States / History / 19th century Bataille de Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Penns., 1863 États-Unis / Histoire / 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) / Campagnes et batailles Military campaigns Soldiers Pennsylvania / Gettysburg United States United States / Confederate States of America 1800-1899 History
Zusammenfassung:	"The fighting on the first day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, was heavy, confusing, and decisive. Much of it consisted of short and often separate simultaneous engagements or "firefights," a term the soldiers themselves often used to describe the close, vicious, and bloody combat. Several books have studied this important inaugural day of Gettysburg, but none have done so from the perspective of the rank and file of both armies. John Michael Priest's "Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children": The Defeat of John Reynolds's I Corps at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, rectifies this oversight"--
Beschreibung:	xix, 417 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm
ISBN:	9781611216899 1611216893