Overview
At Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, Confederate soldiers launched one of history's most famous infantry assaults: Pickett's Charge. Using the participants' own words, Richard Rollins deftly reconstructs that momentous event. Separate sections cover planning and preparation; the preliminary artillery barrage; the charges of Pickett's, Pettigrew's, and Trimble's Divisions; and defensive actions up and down the Federal line. From the generals who devised the assault to the lower-level officers and men who bravely walked through shell and shot, Rollins offers a comprehensive, panoramic view of the charge, with more than 150 firsthand accounts--including accounts from Lee, Longstreet, Pickett, Meade, and Hancock--many of them long forgotten and previously unpublished.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780811739443
- ISBN-10: 0811739449
- Publisher: Stackpole Books
- Publish Date: August 2021
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
- Page Count: 432
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