Fight like the devil : the first day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 / by Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D. White, and Daniel T. Davis.

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Mackowski, Chris [author.]

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TextSeries: Emerging Civil War seriesPublisher: El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781611212280
1611212286

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fight Like the Devil : The First Day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.DDC classification:

973.7/349 23

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E475.53

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Contents:

The campaign -- First shots -- Fight like the devil -- Herbst Woods -- The death of John Reynolds -- The railroad cut -- Oak Hill -- Oak Ridge -- The XI Corps arrives -- Collapse -- The brickyard -- The key to the battlefield -- Cemetery Hill.

Summary: Do not bring on a general engagement, Confederate General Robert E. Lee warned his commanders. The Army of Northern Virginia, slicing its way through south-central Pennsylvania, was too spread out, too vulnerable, for a full-scale engagement with its old nemesis, the Army of the Potomac. Too much was riding on this latest Confederate invasion of the North. Too much was at stake. As Confederate forces groped their way through the mountain passes, a chance encounter with Federal cavalry on the outskirts of a small Pennsylvania crossroads town triggered a series of events that quickly escalated be.

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Do not bring on a general engagement, Confederate General Robert E. Lee warned his commanders. The Army of Northern Virginia, slicing its way through south-central Pennsylvania, was too spread out, too vulnerable, for a full-scale engagement with its old nemesis, the Army of the Potomac. Too much was riding on this latest Confederate invasion of the North. Too much was at stake. As Confederate forces groped their way through the mountain passes, a chance encounter with Federal cavalry on the outskirts of a small Pennsylvania crossroads town triggered a series of events that quickly escalated be.

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