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Gettysburg July 1
This is the most detailed regimental-level account ever written of the critical first day of the Civil War's greatest battle. Using firsthand sources, most of which are unpublished and some never before cited, the author combines recent scholarly interpretations of the action with original analysis. He takes a fresh approach to the battle at the tactical level, with emphasis on the experience and competence of regimental and brigade commanders.

Gettysburg
This book tells the whole story of Gettysburg in a single volume - with every moment of the battle brought to life with vivid narrative skill and impeccable scholarship. Based on years of research, this book brings everything together, sorts it out, makes informed judgments, and takes stands. Even the most knowledgeable Civil War buffs will find fascinating new material and interpretations.

Gettysburg Battlefield
The Definitive Illustrated History
With more than 480 photographs, this is the definitive illustrated history of the largest and deadliest military campaign ever waged in the Western Hemisphere. Period and present-day battlefield photos along with 3D maps that were created especially for this book offer a distinctive perspective on military strategy, while essays by civil war experts and a foreword by historian James M. McPherson complete the authoritative history

The Stand of the U.S. Army at Gettysburg
This major reinterpretation of the key battle of the American Civil War tells the story of the Gettysburg campaign and strives to describe it with utmost clarity. It features more than 160 maps and numerous diagrams that allow you to understand what happened at every important stage of the campaign. The book also pays tribute to the vast literature on Gettysburg, with careful consideration of the many analyses of the campaign.

Gettysburg - The First Day
After sketching the background of the Gettysburg campaign and recounting the events immediately preceding the battle, the author offers a detailed tactical description of the first day's fighting. Throughout, he draws on deep research in published and archival sources to challenge some of the common assumptions about the battle. With this book, the first day's fighting finally receives its due.

Gettysburg - The Second Day
This definitive account of the second day's brutal combat emphasizes the fighting itself, analyzing decisions and events that have sparked debate for more than a century. In particular, you'll learn of factors underlying the Meade-Sickles controversy and about the questions surrounding Longstreet's delay in attacking the Union left. This is sure to become a Civil War classic.

Gettysburg - Day Three
This book re-creates the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg in astonishing detail, taking you from Meade's council of war to the seven-hour struggle for Culp's Hill. It draws on hundreds of sources including more than 400 manuscript collections, and includes brief excerpts from the letters and diaries of soldiers.

Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg
For almost 100 years, analysis of the Gettysburg Campaign has been centered around a set of commonly held beliefs, among them an oversimplified view of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's goals for the battle. This book presents a provocative new theory regarding Lee's true tactical objectives during this pivotal battle of the American Civil War.

Morning at Willoughby Run
The Opening Battle at Gettysburg
This captivating narrative covers the first appearance of both armies near the borough of Gettysburg up to noon on the morning of July 1st, 1863, which includes the fighting by General John Buford's cavalry and the death of General Reynolds.

Gettysburg 1863
Campaign Series
High Tide of the Confederacy. Carl Smith. By taking the war to the Union, Lee hoped to force Lincoln into peace negotiations or win support from the European powers that were watching events from across the Atlantic. Equally, Meade's Army of the Potomac needed to regain its fighting credibility after the setbacks of Fredericksburg and saw this as an opportunity to redeem its honor. The clash of 150,000 soldiers, as presented in detail here, ultimately decided the fate of a nation. 128 pgs., 100 B&W photos, 15 color illustrations, 7¼"x 9¾", sfbd.

The First Day at Gettysburg
Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership. Gallagher, ed. Drawing on a range of sources, the contributors combine interpretation and fresh evidence that will challenge you to reconsider your understanding of the events of July 1, 1863. 184 pages, 5½"x 8½", softcover.

The Second Day at Gettysburg
Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership. Gallagher. These provocative essays present new evidence that will prompt reevaluation of several officers who played crucial roles during the second day of the Gettysburg campaign. You'll explore controversial issues such as Robert E. Lee's decision to renew the tactical offensive on July 2, James Longstreet's effectiveness in executing Lee's plan, and more. 210 pages, 5½"x 8¼", softcover.

The Generals of Gettysburg
The Leaders of America's Greatest Battle. Tagg. Filled with insightful anecdotes and lively narrative, this book presents detailed information on the character and personality of all 133 combat-command officers as well as an in-depth account of each man's actions on the field. This marriage of character - the features and attributes of a man - with each general's battlefield record offers new insights into the battle and its outcome. 373 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.

The Killer Angels
Jeff Shaara. After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, this Pulitzer Prize-winning re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was originally published. Unique, sweeping, unforgettable, it is "The best and most realistic historical novel about war I have ever read." - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. 400 pgs., 5 ½"x 8¼", sfbd.

151st Pennsylvania Volunteers
Like Ripe Apples in a Storm. Dreese. This book tells the incredible story of the 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers, who fought courageously against Pettigrew's North Carolinians during the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg and on the third day helped to repulse Pickett's Charge. This courageous unit's nine-month term was nearly up, yet it suffered the third-highest level of casualties at Gettysburg. 190 pages, 8¾"x 11½", hardcover.

1863
Stevens. Vivid, vibrant, and immensely readable, this book explores the significant events and personalities of the year 1863, as tumultuous and significant as any year this nation has seen. You'll read of Lincoln and Davis, Grant and Lee, the Emancipation Proclamation, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the fall of Vicksburg, and much more in this thrilling account of 365 stirring, dramatic days that changed our country forever. 464 pages, 6"x 9", softcover.

35 Days to Gettysburg
The Campaign Diaries of Two American Enemies. Nesbitt. After two years of war and 35 days of intense marching, Thomas Ware, a Confederate soldier from rural Georgia, and Franklin Horner, a Union soldier from the coal country of Pennsylvania, end up fighting at Gettysburg. En route to that fateful day, both make daily entries in small, leather-bound diaries they carry. Here, the author amplifies the diarists's commentary and places their entries into the larger context of the war. 224 pgs., 15 B&W photos and 20 maps, 5"x 8", sfbd.

72 Days at Gettysburg
Organization of the Tenth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry & Assignment to the Town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Rummel. Long before Robert E. Lee or George Gordon Meade ever thought of fighting at Gettysburg, the Union's War Department had already recognized that town and its surrounding countryside as a good location for the training and stationing of its forces, as you'll read in this book chronicling the Tenth New York Volunteer Cavalry at their 1861 winter quarters at Gettysburg. 254 pages, 6"x 9", hardcover.

A Generation on the March
The Union Army at Gettysburg.
Raus. This ultimate reference guide to the Union Army at Gettysburg contains information on every Union regiment and battery present at the battle - including biographical sketches of the 469 unit officers in command; where and when each unit was organized and recruited, their strengths and losses, the number and type of cannon each battery used, and more. You even get two foldout maps with the locations of Union battlefield monuments. 208 pages, 6"x 9", softcover.

A Grand Terrible Drama
From Gettysburg to Petersburg: The Civil War Letters of Charles Wellington Reed. Eric A. Campbell, ed. This extensive and unique collection, consisting of over 180 letters and hundreds of drawings, covers Medal of Honor recipient Reed's period of service (1862-65) and provides a wealth of information on the role of the Union army in the eastern theater, the events in the life of the Civil War soldier, and the war in general. 432 pgs., 7"x 10", hdbd.

Nine Months to Gettysburg
Stannard's Vermonters and the Repulse of Pickett's Charge. Coffin. This is the story of a group of green soldiers who confronted fire with extraordinary bravery, hardship with remarkable wit, and fear with surprising honesty. Through countless engrossing letters and journals, we come to know many of these men and follow each through the war to his fate - sometimes tragic - at the final crushing battle. 336 pgs., illustrated, 7"x 10", hdbd.

Nothing But Glory
Pickett's Division at Gettysburg. Harrison. An excellent reference guide to Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, this book provides an extensive description of the charge along with many other significant details that have been painstakingly researched by the Gettysburg park historian of 25 years. 178 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.

Pickett's Charge
A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg July 3, 1863. Stewart. Exploring the pivotal hours of the climactic Gettysburg battle, this narrative covers the events preceding the charge, the battle itself, and the damage left in its wake. It tells the story "…as if it had never been told before…with so admirable an objectivity, so easy a command of its enormous literature…that in spite of ourselves, we sit breathless to the end. A splendid and stirring book." - The New Yorker. 384 pages, 5½"x 8¼", softcover.

Pickett's Charge
The Last Attack at Gettysburg. Hess. In this book, the author sweeps away the accumulated myths about Pickett's Charge to provide the definitive history of the engagement. Drawing on exhaustive research, especially in unpublished personal accounts, he creates a moving narrative of the attack from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath and legacy. 516 pages, 38 illustrations and 10 maps, 6"x 9¼", hardcover.

The Myth of Little Round Top
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Adelman. Did the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry and Joshua Chamberlain really win the battle at Gettysburg? This radically-revisionist look at what is arguably the most well known small-unit action of the Civil War is certain to ignite controversy and debate among students of the battle. 128 pgs., 5½"x 8½", sfbd.

The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond
Gallagher, ed. The six essays in this volume testify to the enduring impact of the Civil War. They cover subjects as diverse as tactics, the uses of autobiography and the power of myth-making in the southern tradition. Combining fresh evidence with the reinterpretation of standard sources, this book refocuses our view of the third day at Gettysburg to take in its diverse stories of combat and memory. 232 pgs., 20 illustrations and 5 maps, 6"x 9¼", sfbd.