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Pickett's Charge Books
Pickett's Charge, the climax of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg. Read the history of this
famous fight or the first hand accounts that will make you feel as if you
were there.
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Pickett's Charge in History & Memory
Over the years, soldiers, journalists, politicians,
artists and educators, Northerners and Southerners alike, shaped, revised,
and even sacrificed the "history" of Pickett's Charge to create "memories"
that met ever-shifting needs and deeply felt values. The author shows that
the story of Pickett's Charge told today is really an amalgam of history and
memory. The evolution of that mix, she concludes, tells us much about how we
come to understand our nation's past. 296 pgs., 23 illustrations, 6"x 9¼",
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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", soft cover. |
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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unpublished personal accounts, he creates a moving narrative of the attack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 pgs., 38 illustrations and 10 maps, 6"x
9¼", hdbd. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Pickett's Charge
Eyewitness Accounts at the Battle of
Gettysburg. Rollins, ed. This book is about the Civil War's most
legendary encounter, told in the words of participants from generals to
privates, with many previously unpublished accounts. "Rollins' skill in
first selecting, then organizing the material greatly enhances this effort.
It makes for a book that works both as a reference book and a readable and
enjoyable narrative." - Civil War Courier. 408 pgs., 17 fold-out maps, 11"x
17", sfbd. |
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The Man Behind the Guns
A
Military Biography of General Henry J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the
Potomac. Longacre. The deadly accurate guns of the Union artillery were the
most feared weapons on the Civil War battlefields. General Henry Jackson
Hunt was "the man behind the guns" - the man who transformed a disorganized
artillery corps into the most efficient service arm of the army. This book
tells the life story of General Hunt and his many battlefield successes,
including the incredible artillery repulse of Pickett's Charge. "The best
book on Civil War artillery ever written." - Civil War Regiments. 294 pgs.,
6"x 9", sfbd. |
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The Most Promising Young Man of the South
James Johnson Pettigrew and His Men at Gettysburg. Wilson. At the battle
of Gettysburg, Pettigrew and his men personified the undaunting bravery of
the Confederate cause. This book makes the case that "Pickett's Charge" should be
called "Pettigrew's Charge" as it draws you inexorably into the climactic
battle and the dashed hopes of the Confederacy. 95 pgs., 10 B&W photos and
illustrations, 6 maps, 6"x 9", sfbd. |
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Cushing of Gettysburg
The Story of a Union Artillery Commander.
While this gripping narrative is a fascinating retelling of the story of Lt.
Alonzo Hereford Cushing - a tragic hero who lost his young life defending
Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's
Charge - it is also much more than that. Here, the descriptions of
soldiers' lives - including accounts of the heat, the exhaustion from forced
marches and the fury of battle - are so vivid, you'll feel like you're
there. 330 pages, 6"x 9", soft cover. |
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Gettysburg
You are There. Clasby. A tour de force of computer-enhanced photography
and meticulous research, this is a photographic recreation of pivotal
moments in the Battle of Gettysburg. The combination of modern battlefield
photographs, reenactor images, and computer-graphics details yield a
uniquely realistic portrayal of Pickett's Charge, Little Round Top, McPherson's Ridge and more -
close to how they looked in July, 1863 - while historic photographs of the
battlefield give a fascinating frame of reference. 128 pgs., 20 color and 25
B&W photos, 10"x 8", hdbd. |
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Gettysburg - A Battlefield Guide
Little Round Top, the Railroad Cut, Pickett's Charge - these are
the turning points within the most important battle of the Civil War. Even
careful students of Gettysburg, however, can find themselves disoriented
when visiting the site itself. Designed to be used alone or as a supplement
to a tour, this convenient guide for serious student and casual visitor
alike makes plain the sweep of events and the geography of the battlefield.
228 pgs., 50 B&W illustrations, 55 maps, 5¾"x 9¼", sfbd. |
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