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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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 |
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| Beschreibung: | XXVI, 381 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9781611214550 |