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The first day at Gettysburg : crisis at the crossroads
Crisis at the crossroads
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"Hassler's history will survive as our most detailed narrative of the first day's battle, examining the day's action so minutely that no succeeding historian of Gettysburg will be able to ignore it...
"Hassler's history will survive as our most detailed narrative of the first day's battle, examining the day's action so minutely that no succeeding historian of Gettysburg will be able to ignore it. Hassler's book has solid virtues in addition to its thoroughness of detail: it offers a persuasive argument that the first day's events largely determined the eventual outcome of the battle; Hassler displays uncommonly complete knowledge of the battlefield terrain [and] makes uniquely good use of the information that can be gleaned from the monuments and markers on the battlefield." - Ame
Details
- Creator
- Warren W. Hassler, Jr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, [2010], c1970
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0817356177, 9780817351038, 0817383921, 9780817356170, 9780817383923, 0817351035
- OCLC
- ocn680620791
- Originally published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1970, under title Crisis at the crossroads : the first day at Gettybsurg.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- The convergence on Gettysburg -- The meeting of the ways -- The early morning fight of Buford -- Reynolds climaxes his career -- The first affair at the railroad cut -- The Iron Brigade in McPherson Grove -- Reinforcements come forward -- The arrival and deployment of the Eleventh Corps -- The advent of Early, and his fight with Schurz -- The Oak Rridge combat of Robinson and Rodes -- The second contest at the railroad cut -- The federals lose McPherson Ridge -- Pender's clash with Doubleday on Seminary Ridge -- The retreat through the town -- The federals rally on Cemetery Hill -- The price in blood