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Book Human Interest Stories of the Three Days

Download or read book Human Interest Stories of the Three Days written by Herbert L. Grimm and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

Book Human Interest Stories of the Three Days Battles at Gettysburg with Pictures

Download or read book Human Interest Stories of the Three Days Battles at Gettysburg with Pictures written by Herbert L. Grimm and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Human Interest Stories of the Three day Battle at Gettysburg

Download or read book Human Interest Stories of the Three day Battle at Gettysburg written by Herbert L. Grimm and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Human Interest Stories of the Three Day s Battles of Gettysburg

Download or read book Human Interest Stories of the Three Day s Battles of Gettysburg written by Herbert Grimm and published by . This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Complete Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign

Download or read book The Complete Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign written by Kevin Drake and published by . This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "THE COMPLETE HUMAN INTEREST STORIES OF THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN" WRITTEN BY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR, SCOTT MINGUS,SR.We have taken the the best stories of volume one and two and added new stories and photos to make this issue "The Complete edition" of Scott's hard work and research. Taken from primary sources, including, diaries, pension records, historical collections, official records, journals,newspapers and books, presented in chronological order. The Complete Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign will resonate with all those who have an interest in those fascinating stories, some humorous, some tragic, as seen through the eyes of the soldiers and civilians. 160 pages

Book Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign

Download or read book Human Interest Stories of the Gettysburg Campaign written by Scott L. Mingus and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An appreciation of what Civil War participants experienced cannot be fully realized by studying just the programmed movements of armies about the battlefield. The mechanisms which create emotional bonds between us, today, and those in the past are their human interest stories. Human interest stories allow us to understand their hardships and deprivations. They connect and endear us to the participants in ways which we can relate. They instill in us respect for them by seeing their commitment to duty and they also amaze us with tales of lighter, sometimes humorous, moments amidst tragic circumstances. Scott Mingus has woven together an extraordinary collection of human interest stories covering the Gettysburg campaign as witnessed by the soldiers and civilians. Taken from primary sources, including diaries, pension records, historical collections, official records, as well as newspapers,journals, and books, this work presents a unique blend of stories arranged in chronological order to enhance the reader's experience. Here is just a sampling of such stories: ?An unusual group of volunteers responded in Harrisburg to Governor Curtin?s plea. Capt. Charles C. Carson and a company of 17 men, the youngest being 68 years old, came forward and presented themselves for military service. Each senior citizen was a veteran of the War of 1812, and they wanted to again serve their state and country in a time of need. A color bearer proudly carried a historic relic, a highly tattered battle flag that had once been borne at the Battle of Trenton by Pennsylvanians serving under George Washington.? **** ?In one case, some members of the 3rd Michigan found that the most threatening enemy was not the Confederates they were pursuing. The Wolverines, hungry for some honey, raided some beehives in a nearby garden, initially driving off the bees. However, as the men reached the hives, the bees counterattacked en masse, repeatedly stinging the men as they struggled to get away from the prolonged assault. An amused onlooker, Color Sgt. Daniel Crotty, later wrote that the slashing and darting bees made some men ?turn such somersaulting on the ground as to put to shame a lot of Japanese acrobat performers in a circus ring.' The soldiers made an inglorious retreat, their swollen heads and faces now resembling huge mortar shells.? **** ?A massive thunderstorm on the evening of July 4 drenched the armies, creating untold misery and torture for the thousands of wounded that still dotted the fields and woods surrounding Gettysburg. Creeks and streams, already swollen from days of rain before the Battle of Gettysburg, swiftly overflowed their banks, and flash floods claimed the lives of scores of unfortunate wounded men. The hospital of Clark?s Battery was in a field near Rock Creek east of Taneytown Road. The attendants and orderlies frantically worked to move the injured soldiers to higher ground. However, the water rose so quickly that not all could be moved. Artilleryman Dick Price held himself up above the torrent with his elbows draped over the branch of a dogwood tree. The lower extremities of both arms had been amputated, so Price?s agony must have been excruciating. Still, he held his composure...Price would soon die from complications resulting from his wounds. He is buried in the National Cemetery.?

Book The Harry Pfanz Gettysburg Trilogy  Omnibus E book

Download or read book The Harry Pfanz Gettysburg Trilogy Omnibus E book written by Harry W. Pfanz and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 1629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time as an Omnibus Ebook edition, this three-volume set is the acclaimed full account of the three days at Gettysburg, by the noted historian Harry Pfanz. First Day: For good reason, the second and third days of the Battle of Gettysburg have received the lion's share of attention from historians. With this book, however, the critical first day's fighting finally receives its due. After sketching the background of the Gettysburg campaign and recounting the events immediately preceding the battle, Harry Pfanz offers a detailed tactical description of events of the first day. He describes the engagements in McPherson Woods, at the Railroad Cuts, on Oak Ridge, on Seminary Ridge, and at Blocher's Knoll, as well as the retreat of Union forces through Gettysburg and the Federal rally on Cemetery Hill. Throughout, he draws on deep research in published and archival sources to challenge many long-held assumptions about the battle. Second Day: Gettysburg--The Second Day is certain to become a Civil War classic. What makes the work so authoritative is Pfanz' mastery of the Gettysburg literature and his unparalleled knowledge of the ground on which the fighting occurred. His sources include the Official Records, regimental histories and personal reminiscences from soldiers North and South, personal papers and diaries, newspaper files, and last -- but assuredly not least -- the Gettysburg battlefield. Pfanz's career in the National Park Service included a ten-year assignment as a park historian at Gettysburg. Without doubt, he knows the terrain of the battle as well as he knows the battle itself. Culp's Hill: Harry Pfanz provides the first definitive account of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill--two of the most critical engagements fought at Gettysburg on 2 and 3 July 1863. Pfanz provides detailed tactical accounts of each stage of the contest and explores the interactions between--and decisions made by--generals on both sides. In particular, he illuminates Confederate lieutenant general Richard S. Ewell's controversial decision not to attack Cemetery Hill after the initial southern victory on 1 July. Pfanz also explores other salient features of the fighting, including the Confederate occupation of the town of Gettysburg, the skirmishing in the south end of town and in front of the hills, the use of breastworks on Culp's Hill, and the small but decisive fight between Union cavalry and the Stonewall Brigade.

Book Gettysburg  The First Day

    Book Details:
  • Author : Harry W. Pfanz
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2011-07-01
  • ISBN : 0807898406
  • Pages : 493 pages

Download or read book Gettysburg The First Day written by Harry W. Pfanz and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For good reason, the second and third days of the Battle of Gettysburg have received the lion's share of attention from historians. With this book, however, the critical first day's fighting finally receives its due. After sketching the background of the Gettysburg campaign and recounting the events immediately preceding the battle, Harry Pfanz offers a detailed tactical description of events of the first day. He describes the engagements in McPherson Woods, at the Railroad Cuts, on Oak Ridge, on Seminary Ridge, and at Blocher's Knoll, as well as the retreat of Union forces through Gettysburg and the Federal rally on Cemetery Hill. Throughout, he draws on deep research in published and archival sources to challenge many long-held assumptions about the battle.

Book The Story of the Battles at Gettysburg

Download or read book The Story of the Battles at Gettysburg written by James K. P. Scott and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Harrisburg Telegraph says: “…an unique and authoritative book, The Story of the Battles at Gettysburg” will arouse great interest among military men throughout the country.” It is not generally known that the three-day battle of Gettysburg, one of the most important and significant engagements of the Civil War, is included in the course of training of student officers in practically all the European war colleges as an outstanding example of tactics and strategy. Once a year the students of the West Point Military Academy spend several days at Gettysburg in studying the battle problems during the first three days of July 1863. The outstanding features to the military, are the maps of the battlefield…these maps are drawn to scale with careful fidelity and the position of each regiment and branch of service is shown every hour of the day at different stages in the progress of the battles.

Book Hallowed Ground

    Book Details:
  • Author : James M. McPherson
  • Publisher : Zenith Press
  • Release : 2015-05-06
  • ISBN : 076034776X
  • Pages : 235 pages

Download or read book Hallowed Ground written by James M. McPherson and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fully illustrated edition of "Hallowed Ground," James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Battle Cry of Freedom," and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks readers through the Gettysburg battlefield-the site of the most consequential battle of the Civil War.

Book Gettysburg Campaign and Battle  June July  1863

Download or read book Gettysburg Campaign and Battle June July 1863 written by US Army Military History Institute and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On the Bloodstained Field II

Download or read book On the Bloodstained Field II written by Gregory Ashton Coco and published by Thomas Publications (PA). This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Battle of Gettysburg

Download or read book The Battle of Gettysburg written by Franklin Aretas Haskell and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Three Days at Gettysburg

Download or read book The Three Days at Gettysburg written by John E. Pitzer and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book What Was the Battle of Gettysburg

Download or read book What Was the Battle of Gettysburg written by Jim O'Connor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With black-and-illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life.