Gettysburg's Peach Orchard : Longstreet, Sickles, and the bloody fight for the "commanding ground" along the Emmitsburg Road /
At the battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched a massive assault against the Union Army's left flank. Lee's offensive attempted to seize a farmer's peach orchard for use as an artillery position to support the ongoing attack. However, Union Maj...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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El Dorado Hills, California :
Savas Beatie LLC,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | At the battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched a massive assault against the Union Army's left flank. Lee's offensive attempted to seize a farmer's peach orchard for use as an artillery position to support the ongoing attack. However, Union Major General Daniel Sickles, a scheming former congressman from New York, misinterpreted his orders and occupied the orchard first. Gettysburg's Peach Orchard is a detailed study of the bloody and controversial fighting that nearly lost the Civil War's greatest battle for the Northern Army. |
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-368) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611214550 1611214556 |