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A field guide to Gettysburg experiencing the battlefield through its history, places, & people

Presents a guide to the Gettysburg battlefield with comprehensive maps and descriptions of the action, narratives about key figures and events, and a variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offering stories and interpretations.

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Main Authors: Reardon, Carol (Author), Vossler, Tom (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.) > Tours.
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505 0 |a Stop 1. The key terrain of Cemetery Hill -- [pt. I.] July 1, 1863: The first day of battle. 1. The meeting engagement : Stop 2. The cavalry fight ; Stop 3. The death of Reynolds ; Stop 4. The fight on the Harmon farm ; Stop 5. The fight around the railroad cut -- 2. The battle is joined and expands : Stop 6. Ewell enters the fight ; Stop 7. Oak Ridge ; Stop 8. The artillery duel on the XI corps line -- 3. The Union line collapses : Stop 9. Barlow's knoll ; Stop 10. Coster Avenue ; Stop 11. Ramseur's attack ; Stop 12. Bucktails versus Tar Heels on McPherson's Ridge ; Stop 13. The iron brigade takes a stand ; Stop 14. The last stand at the Seminary -- Day one conclusion -- [pt. II.] July 2, 1863: The second day of battle : 4. Lee, Meade, and challenges of high command : Stop 15. Pitzer's Woods ; Stop 16. Longstreet's main effort hits a snag ; Stop 17. The Sherfy peach orchard ; Stop 18. Longstreet's main effort begins -- 5. Longstreet attacks : Stop 19. Little Round Top ; Stop 20. The fight for Devil's Den ; Stop 21. The bloody wheatfield ; Stop 22. The salient collapses ; Stop 23. The collapse of the Emmitsburg Road Line ; Stop 24. Holding the Cemetery Ridge line -- 6. Ewell tries the Union right flank : Stop 25. Benner's Hill ; Stop 26. Lower Culp's Hill, July 2 ; Stop 27. Stevens's Knoll ; Stop 28. East Cemetery Hill -- Day two conclusion -- [pt. III.] July 3, 1863: The third day of battle. 7. Commanders consider-and reconsider-their options : Stop 29. Meade's headquarters ; Stop 30. Powers Hill ; Stop 31. Spangler's spring ; Stop 32. Culp's Hill, July 3 ; Stop 33. Organizing the assault against the Union center -- 8. The high-water mark? : Stop 34. Pickett's charge ; Stop 35. The Union repulse of Pickett's charge ; Stop 36. East cavalry field -- Stop 37. The Soldiers' National Cemetery -- The aftermath: July 4, 1863, and beyond. 
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