Gettysburg--The First Day (Civil War America) - Softcover

Pfanz, Harry W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807826243 ISBN 13: 9780807826249

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, 2001

Synopsis

For good reason, the second and third days of the Battle of Gettysburg have received the lion's share of attention from historians. With this book, however, the critical first day's fighting finally receives its due. After sketching the background of the Gettysburg campaign and recounting the events immediately preceding the battle, Harry Pfanz offers a detailed tactical description of events of the first day. He describes the engagements in McPherson Woods, at the Railroad Cuts, on Oak Ridge, on Seminary Ridge, and at Blocher's Knoll, as well as the retreat of Union forces through Gettysburg and the Federal rally on Cemetery Hill. Throughout, he draws on deep research in published and archival sources to challenge many long-held assumptions about the battle.

About this title

Book Description:

"No one knows and understands the battle of Gettysburg better than Harry W. Pfanz. Since he joined the National Park Service as a historian in 1956, he has never been far from what for the public is America's best-known and most controversial battle. His credentials as a researcher, raconteur, and historian par excellence are attested to by his applauded books on the battle's second and third days. Now, thanks to Pfanz and the University of North Carolina Press, Gettysburg--The First Day fills a void and completes in masterful fashion a trilogy long needed and guaranteed to stand the test of time."--Edwin C. Bearss, Chief Historian Emeritus, National Park Service

From the Inside Flap:

A comprehensive tactical narrative of the fight on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863) from Harry W. Pfanz, a former historian at Gettysburg National Military Park and author of two previous books on the battle.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0807826243
• ISBN 13: 9780807826249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496