Publication

2013 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

158,000 words, Guess

Page Count

632 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC973.7/349
  • LCCE475.53 .G875 2013

Description

From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a brilliant new history--the most intimate and richly readable account we have had--of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and circumstances that produced one of the greatest battle of the Civil War, and one of the greatest in human history. No previous book on Gettysburg dives down so closely to the experience of the individual soldier, or looks so closely at the sway of politics over military decisions, or places the battle so firmly in the context of nineteenth-century military practice. --From publisher description.

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