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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Hessler, James A. (Author), Isenberg, Britt C. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie LLC, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Sickles, Daniel Edgar, > 1819-1914 > Military leadership. Lee, Robert E. > (Robert Edward), > 1807-1870 > Military leadership. Longstreet, James, > 1821-1904 > Military leadership. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Table of Contents:

War comes to the Sherfy Farm
Commanding ground
Incomprehensible movements
Crush the enemy's line
Gain the Emmitsburg Road
Let me charge
We are going to have a fight
I wish I were already dead
The ground secured by Longstreet
The wreck of battle
Sherfy Peach Orchard immortal.