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Weather gods curse the Gettysburg campaign

"Searing heat and torrents of rain. As the nation's future hung inthe balance, the Weather Gods delivered a wrath of fury on Union and Confederate forces throughout the Gettysburg Campaign. First, record-breaking heat and humidity wore down the warring armies during ungodly forced marches. Next, rel...

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Main Authors: Nese, Jon M. (Author), Harding, Jeffrey J. (Author)
Other Authors: Reardon, Carol (writer of foreword.), Forbes, Gregory S. (Gregory Stanley), 1950- (writer of afterword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 > Pictorial works.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 > Environmental aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Pictorial works.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Environmental aspects.
Gettysburg (Pa.) > Climate > History > 19th century.
Gettysburg (Pa.) > Climate > History > 19th century > Pictorial works.
Weather.
Illustrated works.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Carol Reardon
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The science : weather 101
  • Primary sources and firsthand accounts : seeing is believing
  • The beginning : the calm before the storm, June 3-9, 1863
  • The approach : hotter than Hades, and then some, June 10-18, 1863
  • The approach : fair weather folly, June 19-24, 1863
  • The approach : rain was the order of the day, June 25-30, 1863
  • The battle : hell on earth, July 1-4, 1863
  • The retreat : the rain and the river, July 5-12, 1863
  • The retreat : the weather gods' last dance, July 13-14, 1863
  • Conclusions : a weather recipe for disaster
  • Afterword / by Gregory S. Forbes
  • Appendix.

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