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This work provides an authoritative illustrated examination of the
second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, analyzing both grand
strategy, and the tactical decisions of Day Two and the ensuing
combat. July 2, 1863 was the bloodiest and most complicated of the
three days of the Battle of Gettysburg. On this day, the clash
involved five divisions of Confederate infantry and their
accompanying artillery battalions, as well as a cavalry skirmish at
nearby Hunterstown. The bulk of the Union army engaged on the
second day of fighting, including men from the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th,
11th and 12th Corps. Assisted by superb maps and 3D diagrams, this
fascinating work describes the tactical play-by-play, the customary
"who did what" of the battle. Among the famous actions covered are
Hunterstown and Benner's Hill, Little Round Top, Devil's Den, the
Rose Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, and Culp's and Cemetery hills.
The critical decisions taken on the second day are examined in
detail, and why the commanders committed to them. Gettysburg
was-first and foremost-a soldier's battle, full of raw emotion and
high drama, and this work also examines the experience of combat as
witnessed by the rank and file, bringing this to life in stunning
battlescene artworks and primary accounts from common soldiers.
This first volume of three discusses the tactical decisions made on
day one and the ensuing combat, while also including a brief
summary of the grand strategy in the Eastern Theater of the war,
the conduct of the Pennsylvania Campaign from June 6 to 30, 1863,
and the plight of civilians caught up in the conflict. The Battle
of Gettysburg, which took place July 1-3, 1863 in and around the
town of Gettysburg, PA resulted in the largest number of casualties
of the entire American Civil War and is seen as the key turning
point in the conflict. On its first day, Confederate General Robert
E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia sought to destroy the Union
army, forcing its men to retreat through the streets of the
Pennsylvania town to the hills just to the south. This volume, the
first of three to cover the battle in depth, includes the morning
cavalry skirmish, the morning clash at the Herbst's Woodlot and at
the railroad cut, the afternoon clash at Oak Ridge, the afternoon
fight at the Edward McPherson farm, the afternoon rout of the 11th
Corps, the last stand of the 1st Corps at Seminary Ridge, the Union
retreat through town, and the positions of the armies at nightfall.
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