The First day at Gettysburg : essays on Confederate and Union leadership / edited by Gary W. Gallagher.

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The Battle of Gettysburg exerts a unique hold on the national imagination. Many writers have argued that it represented the turning point of the Civil War, after which Confederate fortunes moved inexorably toward defeat. Successive generations of historians have not exhausted the topic of leadership...

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Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Gallagher, Gary W.
Language:English
Published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [1992], ©1992.
Subjects:
Gettysburg, Battle of (Pennsylvania : > (1863)
Pennsylvania > Gettysburg.
Gettysburg (Pa.) > Schlacht.
1863
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Command of troops > Case studies.
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Case studies.
Electronic books.
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Physical Description:x, 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • R.E. Lee and July 1 at Gettysburg / Alan T. Nolan
  • Confederate corps leadership on the first day at Gettysburg : A.P. Hill and Richard S. Ewell in a difficult debut / Gary W. Gallagher
  • From Chancellorsville to Cemetery Hill : O.O. Howard and eleventh corps leadership / A. Wilson Greene
  • Three confederate disasters on Oak Ridge : failures of brigade leadership on the first day at Gettysburg / Robert K. Krick.