| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 459 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-450) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: looking back before the battle -- The road to war -- In defense of Virginia -- After Bull Run -- King coal versus king cotton -- Jackson's Romney campaign -- Northern confidence restored -- Gloom deepens in the South -- War in earnest comes to Virginia -- Jackson's plan accepted: invasion postponed -- First policy resumed -- The troubled NOrth -- Lee and Jackson begin the Northward movement -- North to teh Potomac -- The invasion begins -- Frustration and disappointment -- After Sharpsburg -- Planning resumed -- Preparing to move -- After Chancellorsville -- The struggle for troops -- Preparing for the invasion -- Starting North again -- The seeds of disaster -- Alarm in Pennsylvania, confusion in Washington -- Change in plans -- Lee's deep concern -- The endangered North -- Marching into Pennsylvania -- To the banks of the Susquehanna -- And then back to Gettysburg -- After the battle. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Strategy -- History -- 19th century.
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Confederate States of America -- History, Military.
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East (U.S.) -- History, Military.
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Military leadership.
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Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 -- Military leadership.
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Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.
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| ISBN |
0811711285 |
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9780811711289 |
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