Goodbye, Boys! Goodbye!: A Walking Guide to the High Water Mark July 2-3, 1863 - Softcover

McDonald, Joanna M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572491043 ISBN 13: 9781572491045

Publisher: Burd Street Pr, 1999

Synopsis

For over 130 years the High Water Mark has stood as a reminder of the dramatic events of July 3, 1863. Though the famous Confederate attack has long been known as Pickett's Charge, the men who participated in the actions of July 2 and 3 on Cemetery Ridge also deserve recognition. This book sets forth the words and deeds of those individuals.The regimental historian of the 19th Massachusetts wrote of the hand-to-hand combat of July 3: ...Hatless, coatless, drowned in sweat, black with powder, and blin with dust, with fiendish yells and strange oaths they blindly piled the work of slaughter. And, in a letter home, one Virginia captain sadly stated: We gained nothing but glory, and lost our bravest men. Herein lies their story.

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From the Back Cover:

For more than 130 years, the High Water Mark has stood as a reminder of the dramatic events of July 3, 1863. Though the famous Confederate attack has long been known as Pickett's Charge, the men who participated in the actions of July 2 and 3 on Cemetery Ridge also deserve recognition. This book sets forth the words and deeds of those individuals. Although this walking tour is directed from the Union perspective, both stories are told.

The regimental historian of the 10th Massachusetts wrote of the hand-to-hand combat on July 3: "...Hatless, coatless, drowned in sweat, black with powder, and blind with dust, with fiendish yells and strange oaths they blindly plied the work of slaughter." And, in a letter home, one Virginia captain stated sadly: "We gained nothing but glory, and lost our bravest men." Herein lies their story.

About this edition

• Publisher: Burd Street Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1572491043
• ISBN 13: 9781572491045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68