Gettysburg--Culps Hill and Cemetery Hill

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In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, Gettysburg The Second Day, 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 Rich with astute judgments about officers on each side, clearly written, and graced with excellent maps, Pfanz s book is tactical history at its finest Civil War A meticulous examination of the desperate engagements that over the course of the three days swept up and down the rough slopes of these two hills, the strategic anchors of the Union right flank New York Times Book Review The first and most comprehensive narrative yet written on this part of the battlefield Civil War enthusiasts should clear a space on their bookshelf for Gettysburg Culp s Hill and Cemetery Hill Blue and Gray Harry Pfanz provides the 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 He 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. 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Pfanz – kino-fada.fr WARNING PROFESSIONAL MILITARY READER, CLOSED COURSE Unsupervised reading Gettysburg Culp s Hill and Cemetery Hill can and will result in serious injury to desire to learnabout Gettysburg Don t Try This at Home Without Military History Professional Available for Assistance If you are familiar with Gettysburg, you probably know Pickett s Charge well, that march into carnage on the third day You probably know about Chamberlain and his bayonet charge on Little Round Top Maybe you are som WARNING PROFESSIONAL MILITARY READER, CLOSED COURSE Unsupervised reading Gettysburg Culp s Hill and Cemetery Hill can and will result in serious injury to desire to learnabout Gettysburg Don t Try This at Home Without Military History Professional Available for Assistance If you are familiar with Gettysburg, you probably know Pickett s Charge well, that march into carnage on the third day You probably know about Chamberlain and his bayonet charge on Little Round Top Maybe you are somewhat knowledgeable about the initial meeting of the armies on the first day But many are not all that aware of the fight on the right of the Union line, the hook to the north Mr Pfanz clears up any confusion or lack of knowledge with incredible detail, almost minute by minute and yard by yard recounting of the battle Fantastic book for anyone wanti...Very good, tactical study of the oft ignored northern sector of the Gettysburg battle Pfanz details Ewell s decision not to seize the heights of Cemetery and Culp s Hill on July 1, as well as providing an exhaustively detailed account of both the Confederate dusk assaults on July 2, and the fr...I can t WAIT to read his book on day 2In this third book of his trilogy on the Battle of Gettysburg, Pfanz focuses on a very little recognized aspect of the engagement the fight for Culp s Hill and Cemetery Hill on the northern part of the battlefield July 2 3 Thanks to Killer Angels and the movie Gettysburg , Longstreet, Chamberlain, Pickett and others who participated in the fighting for the south and center part of the Union line are practically household names and rightly so But hardly anyone recognizes the names of Oliver Ho In this third book of his trilogy on the Battle of Gettysburg, Pfanz focuses on a very little recognized aspect of the engagement the fight for Culp s Hill and Cemetery Hill on the northern part of the battlefield July 2 3 Thanks to Killer Angels and the movie Gettysburg , Longstreet, Chamberlain, Pickett and others who participated in the fighting for the south and center part of the Union line are practically household names and rightly so But hardly anyone recognizes the names of Oliver Howard and Richard Ewell as a result return return Yet there was quite a vicious fight on both days for control of what was, really, the keystone to the Union line Cemetery Hill and its immediate neighbor on the ridge, Culp s Hill Confederate losses in particular were extremely heavy as General Johnson ordered his units to attack what were impregnable breastworks on Cemetery Hill The Confederates occupied a portion of Culp s Hill for a while but were eventually ...This so called monograph focuses on the battle within the greater battle of Gettysburg In terms of research, data and facts, this book is very very good My overall rating stems from what I viewed as I viewed as deficiencies in writing style and description, namely it s dry almost clinical sterile There were some nice quotes and anecdotes but di...Excellent book by Harry Pfanz that pieces together the fight on Culp s Hill and Cemetery Hill Because there were many varied actions on the three days of the Battle, Culp s Hill doesn t fit neatly into the schem...Excellent history of the bloody 3rd day ofBattle before Pickett s charge On Culp s Hill the 1st Maryland Infantry USA battled the 1st Maryland CSA, with ferocity The Union regiment prevailed and drove off the Confederate Infantry Pfanz s book and the two o...Absolutely awesome study on the Union right and Confederate left.A little hard to read at times but a good book on a little know part of the battle My great grandfather was there and that is why I read this book Sometimes it was hard to follow what was happening but then battle was a hard fought battle that no one seemed to have a clear view of. of the samemaps, details, stories

Gettysburg--Culps Hill and Cemetery Hill
  • English
  • 03 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 528 pages
  • 0807821187
  • Harry W. Pfanz
  • Gettysburg--Culps Hill and Cemetery Hill