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Armistead and Hancock : behind the Gettysburg legend of two friends at the turning point of the Civil War /

Part biography and part history, this book clarifies the record regarding the friendship of Union general Winfield Hancock and Confederate general Lewis Armistead with new information and fresh perspective, reversing misconceptions about an amazing story of two friends that has defined the Civil War...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McMillan, Tom, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2021]
Subjects:
Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.
Armistead, Lewis A. > (Lewis Addison), > 1817-1863 > Friends and associates.
Hancock, Winfield Scott, > 1824-1886 > Friends and associates.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Friends and associates.
Generals > United States > Friends and associates.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Friendship Torn
  • Armistead at "The Point"
  • Florida and the Frontier
  • Hancock Comes of Age
  • Glory in Mexico
  • Unimaginable Sadness
  • Hancock the Quartermaster
  • California
  • War Breaks Out
  • Proclamation
  • To Gettysburg
  • Second Day
  • The Charge
  • "I Found That He Had Died"
  • "Don't Let Me Bleed to Death"
  • Almost Mr. President
  • Legacy.