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The Confederate approach on Harrisburg : the Gettysburg campaign's northernmost reaches /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wingert, Cooper H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2012.
Series:History Press Civil War sesquicentennial series.
Subjects:
Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.
Harrisburg (Pa.) > History, Military > 19th century.
Pennsylvania > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Table of Contents:
  • Harrisburg in distress
  • The defenses of Harrisburg
  • Southern invaders
  • Carlisle falls
  • Preparations at Oyster's Point
  • Jenkins captures Mechanicsburg
  • The skirmish of Oyster's Point begins
  • Spies, scouts and traitors
  • Jenkins reconnoiters Harrisburg
  • The Battle of Sporting Hill
  • The shelling of Carlisle
  • After Carlisle.