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Gettysburg's Cemetery Hill Books
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Cemetery Hill
The Struggle for the High Ground, July 1-3, 1863.
Jones. The Battle of Gettysburg included many dramatic and controversial
moments, several of which involved Cemetery Hill. This book covers in detail
the three-day struggle for that crucial high ground from the soldiers'
points of view. Using official reports, letters, diaries and memoirs, it
tells how and why the generals made crucial decisions and what it was like
to be a soldier involved in the bloody hand-to-hand fighting. 144 pgs., 5½"x
8½", sfbd. |
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Connecticut Yankees at Gettysburg
From this book covering the experiences of
Connecticut regiments at Gettysburg, you'll learn where each of the
regiments fought and what they experienced during the bloody battle at
places such as Barlow's Knoll, the Wheatfield, East Cemetery Hill and
Cemetery Ridge. A fascinating account of a state's history at Gettysburg.
152 pages, 5 B&W maps, 5½"x 8½", soft cover. |
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Gettysburg Culp's Hill & Cemetery Hill
This companion book to Gettysburg: The Second Day provides the first
definitive account of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Lee's
Army of Northern Virginia at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill. It includes
detailed tactical accounts of each stage of the contest, explores the
interactions between the generals on both sides, examines the small but
decisive fight between Union cavalry and the Stonewall Brigade and much
more. 507 pgs., 6¼"x 9½", sfbd. |
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Hallowed Ground
A Walk
at Gettysburg. James M. McPherson. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
Battle Cry of Freedom comes this tour of Gettysburg, site of the bloodiest
and perhaps most consequential battle ever fought by Americans. You'll make
stops at Seminary Ridge, the Peach Orchard, Cemetery Hill, and Little
Round Top, among other key locations as McPherson reflects on the meaning of
the battle, describes the events of those terrible three days in July 1863,
and places the struggle in the greater context of American and world
history. 140 pgs., 5"x 7¾", hdbd. |
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Night Assault
Dale
Gallon. Shortly after nightfall on the evening of July 2, 1863 General Harry
T. Hays' Brigade of Louisianans capture the guns of the First New York
Artillery on Cemetery Hill in a hand-to-hand struggle. 15¾"x 10½" limited
edition print is signed and numbered by the artist.
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