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Silent Sentinels - A Reference Guide to the Artillery of Gettysburg (Paperback)
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Silent Sentinels - A Reference Guide to the Artillery of Gettysburg (Paperback)
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List price R475
Loot Price R378
Discovery Miles 3 780
You Save R97 (20%)
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Artillery played an important and perhaps decisive role in the July
1863 battle of Gettysburg. Although many hundreds of books have
been published on the battle, very few have focused more than a few
paragraphs or a sprinkling of entries on the "long arm" and its
role in the battle. This gap is finally filled by George Newton's
Silent Sentinels: A Reference Guide to the Artillery of Gettysburg.
Now in paperback, Newton's well-written and illustrated study was
designed to be of use to both the casual battlefield visitor and
the serious Civil War scholar. The former will use Silent Sentinels
to learn more about the campaign in general, the role of artillery
in Civil War battles, and how it was used on the battlefield at
Gettysburg. They will also use it to learn how to identify
different types of artillery, and tour a wide variety of
artillery-related sites from Oak Hill in the north to a solitary
gun well south of the Peach Orchard. More experienced Civil War
students will find Silent Sentinels' extensive primary sources,
diagrams, appendices of numbers and losses, and informative
discussion of artillery organization and tactics an indispensable
reference resource. Silent Sentinels opens with a general overview
of the campaign and a wide-ranging discussion of 19th century
artillery, the gun types used at Gettysburg, the equipment needed
to operate the guns, how they were organized in each army, and the
tactics employed by both Union and Confederate artillerymen. The
chapter-long and wide-ranging tour included in this book guides
readers to a variety of fascinating sites with enough detail to
interest even the most jaded Gettysburg historian. This outstanding
and useful historical guide includes detailed endnotes, a
bibliography, and an index. Readers can peruse and enjoy this
versatile study from the comfort of an easy chair or while walking
the magnificent Pennsylvania field.
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