| Description |
1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Note |
Originally published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1970, under title Crisis at the crossroads : the first day at Gettybsurg. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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."- |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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Gettysburg, Battle of (Pennsylvania : 1863) (OCoLC)fst01404274
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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History.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg.
(OCoLC)fst01214261
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1861 - 1865
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Crisis at the crossroads
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hassler, Warren W. Crisis at the crossroads. First day at Gettysburg. Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, [2010], ©1970 (DLC) 2010000257 |
| ISBN |
9780817383923 (electronic bk.) |
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0817383921 (electronic bk.) |
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