Gettysburg

A masterful, single volume history of the Civil War s greatest campaign Drawing on original source material, from soldiers letters to official military records of the war, Stephen W Sears s Gettysburg is a remarkable and dramatic account of the legendary campaign He takes particular care in his study of the battle s leaders and offers detailed analyses of their strategies and tactics, depicting both General Meade s heroic performance in his first week of army command and General Lee s role in the agonizing failure of the Confederate army With characteristic style and insight, Sears brings the epic tale of the battle in Pennsylvania vividly to life. Read Gettysburg – kino-fada.fr The sesquicentennial of the American Civil War fast approaches and I couldn t beexcited It promises to be a bonanza of books, movies, documentaries, and various other retrospectives, including the New York Times laudable and addicting Disunion blog I can hardly contain myself, and have spent a bit of time preparing for the celebrations Fire...A very detailed account of the battle If you want a blow by blow, person by person narrative, this is it Well written I found the politicking of the generals interesting Some things never change Despite the fact it s life and death for the common soldier, many generals still areinterested in their career.The dry narrative hides the horror of this kind of battle the bodies torn and destroyed.I used this book as a reference for my Gettysburg mission in Independence Day Time Patrol In A very detailed account of the battle If you want a blow by blow, ...I was visiting Gettysburg the weekend I started reading this book and brought the book along as my textbook I ve read other books about Gettysburg, but I understand this is an especially good overview of the battle During the weekend I was in Gettysburg, I got to see the monument that commemorates the first shot fired at Gettysburg It s easy to miss because it s quite small and, until recently, was on private land The Park Service recently purchased the house and property on which the monume I was visiting Gettysburg the weekend I started reading this book and brought the book along as my textbook...An excellent book about the most famous battle of the Civil War Sears does a great job of covering every last bit of the battle in depth He includes the lead up to the battle, with Lee s initial discussions with Jefferson Davis about invading Pennsylvania and the fallout from Chancellorsville in Hooker s army which eventually leads to Hooker s resignation and replacement by Meade when he is in the midst of chasing the Rebel army.The book paints quite an interesting picture of the squabbling An excellent book about the most famous battle of the Civil War Sears does a great job of covering every last bit of the battle in depth He includes the lead up to the battle, with Lee s initial discussions with Jefferson Davis about invading Pennsylvania and the fallout from Chancellorsville in Hooker s army which eventually leads to Hooker s resignation and repl...I think I see the value of Sears work He is not an exacting historian He is not an archive rat who will prove the precise location of a regiment in an obscure battle He also has defined bias aganist certain men who can seemingly do nothing right in this book Howard, Slocum, Pleasanton, Kilpatrick, etc He is also not a person to overturn the exist...I am going to Gettysburg this autumn and plan to read or re read several of the most authoratative books of the battle Sear s has written an excellent and gripping chronicle of the battle and the military and political context around it His source material for the military intelligence and command decisions of Army of the Potomac is excellent On the other hand , there is not any new insight or perspective on the reasons for the most controversial actions of Lee s army Lots of speculation a I am going to Gettysburg this autumn and plan to read or re read several of the most authoratative books of the battle Sear s has written an excellent and gripping chronicle of the battle and the military and political context around it His source material for the military intelligence and command decisions of Army of the Potomac is excellent On the other hand , there is not any new insight or perspective on the reasons for the most controversial action...Every time I visit Gettysburg when I lived in MD it was usually once a year to play guide to visitors I will re read this book The book makes the battle come alive in ways that just the facts and photos can t Stephen Sears humanizes what to most is just historical facts learned in school If you are unable to visit Gettysburg, you can with this book, the details and descriptions ar...Gettysburg by Sears is a military study of the Gettsyburg Campaign, beginning just after the Battle of Chancellorsville and ending with the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River in mid July 1863 The strengths of the book or maybeaccurately my prior weaknesses come prior to the battle and after the battle Sears does a good job of explaining Lee s sales pitch to President Davis for a Northern Invasion Lee desires to go on the offensive in order to regain st Gettysburg by Sears is a military study of the Get...This is an outstanding compilation on the Gettysburg campaign I have read the Landscape Turned Red, Chancellorsville, and now Gettysburg I enjoyed every page of every book This book explains Lee s reason for the invasion of Pennsylvania first the Army of Northern Virginia needed food and supplies for their men and forage for their horses and secondly the South needed a victory to offset the pending loss of Vicksburg Lee believed reinforcing Vicksburg would do nothingthan dilute the o This is an outstanding compilation on the Gettysburg campaign I have read the Landscape Turned Red, Chancellorsville, and now Gettysburg I enjoyed every page of every book This book explains Lee s reason for the invasion of Pennsylvania first the Army of Northern Virginia needed food and supplies for their men and forage for their horses and secondly the South needed a victory to offset the pending loss of Vicksburg Lee believed reinforci...The word meticulous was invented for this book The sheer detail is amazing, and it has a positive and a negative effect.First the negatives at some points it reads like a college textbook, especially in the opening few chapters when it is listing the various corps and their commanders You can not easily breeze read this book unless you don t sweat comprehension There s also the problem with keeping track of the seemingly thousands of regiments and divisions and their leaders that are det The word meticulous was invented for this book The shee...

• English
• 09 November 2017
Stephen W. Sears
• Paperback
• 640 pages
• 0618485384
• Stephen W. Sears
• Gettysburg