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Storming the Wheatfield - John Caldwell's Union Division in the Gettysburg Campaign (Paperback)
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Storming the Wheatfield - John Caldwell's Union Division in the Gettysburg Campaign (Paperback)
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Loot Price R459
Discovery Miles 4 590
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This gripping narrative is an in-depth study of the valiant men of
General John Caldwell's Union Division during the Gettysburg
Campaign. Caldwell's Division made a desperate stand against a
tough and determined Confederate force in farmer George Rose's
nearly 20-acre Wheatfield. Ready for harvest, the infamous
Wheatfield would change hands nearly six times in the span of two
hours of fighting on July 2, becoming a trampled, bloody, no-man's
land for thousands of wounded soldiers. Smith examines the lives of
the Union soldiers in the ranks-as well as leaders Cross, Kelly,
Zook, Brooke, and Caldwell himself. From Colonel Edward Cross's
black bandana, to the famed Irish Brigade's charge on Stoney Hill,
to a lone young man from Washington County whose grave is marked in
stone nearby, James Smith's Storming the Wheatfield goes deep into
the lives the soldiers, evoking a personal connection with the
troops. Smith painstakingly contacted nearly one hundred
descendants of Caldwell's soldiers, producing one of the most
extensively researched narratives to date.
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