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Gettysburg : the Meade-Sickles controversy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sauers, Richard Allen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2003]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Military controversies.
Subjects:
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 > Historiography.
Meade, George Gordon, > 1815-1872.
Sickles, Daniel Edgar, > 1819-1914 > Military leadership.
Strategy > History > 19th century.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Background : the Gettysburg campaign through July 1
  • The second day at Gettysburg
  • Germination : the Committee on the Conduct of the War
  • Postwar development of the controversy, 1869-1930
  • The controversy within the context of Gettysburg historiography
  • Confederate movements on the right flank at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863
  • General Sickles and his orders, July 2, 1863
  • The weak position on Cemetery Ridge
  • The supposed retreat from Gettysburg
  • Conclusions.