Gettysburg : The First Day.

By: Pfanz, Harry WMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Civil War America SerPublisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (493 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780807898406Subject(s): Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gettysburg : The First DayDDC classification: 973.7/349 LOC classification: E475.53 -- .P479 2001ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Fredericksburg to the Potomac -- Chapter 1. Ewell's Raid -- Chapter 2. Lee's Army Concentrates -- Chapter 3. Meade's Pursuit -- Chapter 4. Meade and Reynolds -- Chapter 5. Reconnaissance in Force -- Chapter 6. Reynolds's Final and Finest Hour -- Chapter 7. Cutler's Cock Fight -- Chapter 8. McPherson Woods -- Chapter 9. The Railroad Cut -- Chapter 10. Noon Lull -- Chapter 11. Howard and the Eleventh Corps -- Chapter 12. Ewell and Rodes Reach the Field -- Chapter 13. Oak Ridge -- Chapter 14. Daniel's and Ramseur's Brigades Attack -- Chapter 15. Daniel Strikes Stone -- Chapter 16. Schurz Prepares for Battle -- Chapter 17. Early's Division Attacks -- Chapter 18. Gordon and Doles Sweep the Field -- Chapter 19. The Brickyard Fight -- Chapter 20. Heth Attacks -- Chapter 21. Retreat from McPherson Ridge -- Chapter 22. Seminary Ridge -- Chapter 23. Retreat through the Town -- Chapter 24. Cemetery Hill -- Chapter 25. Epilogue -- Appendix A. John Burns -- Appendix B. The Color Episode of the 149th P.V.I. -- Appendix C. Children of the Battlefield -- Appendix D. Order of Battle -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Fredericksburg to the Potomac -- Chapter 1. Ewell's Raid -- Chapter 2. Lee's Army Concentrates -- Chapter 3. Meade's Pursuit -- Chapter 4. Meade and Reynolds -- Chapter 5. Reconnaissance in Force -- Chapter 6. Reynolds's Final and Finest Hour -- Chapter 7. Cutler's Cock Fight -- Chapter 8. McPherson Woods -- Chapter 9. The Railroad Cut -- Chapter 10. Noon Lull -- Chapter 11. Howard and the Eleventh Corps -- Chapter 12. Ewell and Rodes Reach the Field -- Chapter 13. Oak Ridge -- Chapter 14. Daniel's and Ramseur's Brigades Attack -- Chapter 15. Daniel Strikes Stone -- Chapter 16. Schurz Prepares for Battle -- Chapter 17. Early's Division Attacks -- Chapter 18. Gordon and Doles Sweep the Field -- Chapter 19. The Brickyard Fight -- Chapter 20. Heth Attacks -- Chapter 21. Retreat from McPherson Ridge -- Chapter 22. Seminary Ridge -- Chapter 23. Retreat through the Town -- Chapter 24. Cemetery Hill -- Chapter 25. Epilogue -- Appendix A. John Burns -- Appendix B. The Color Episode of the 149th P.V.I. -- Appendix C. Children of the Battlefield -- Appendix D. Order of Battle -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

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.

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