Table of Contents:
  • The situation, Spring 1863
  • The plan of the campaign
  • The first day. The two armies converge on Gettysburg ; The Battle of Oak Ridge
  • The second day. Preliminary movements and plans ; Longstreet attacks on the right ; Warren saves Little Round Top ; Culp's Hill
  • The third day. Cannonade at dawn : Culp's Hill and Spangler's Spring ; Lee plans a final thrust ; Lee and Meade set the stage ; Artillery duel at one o'clock ; Climax at Gettysburg ; Cavalry action
  • End of invasion
  • Lincoln and Gettysburg. Establishment of a burial ground ; Dedication of the cemetery ; Genesis of the Gettysburg Address ; The five autograph copies of the Gettysburg Address ; Soldiers' National Monument ; The Lincoln Address Memorial
  • Anniversary reunions of the Civil War veterans
  • The park
  • Administration
  • Suggested readings
  • Appendix: Weapons and tactics at Gettysburg
  • A gallery of F.D. Briscoe battle paintings.