Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania /
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
1962.
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| Edition: | Revised 1962. |
| Series: | Historical handbook series (Washington, D.C.) ;
no. 9. |
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| Online Access: | Internet Archive http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS69187 |
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.