Confrontation at Gettysburg: A Nation Saved, A Cause Lost (Civil War Series)

Hoptak, John David; Bostick, Doug

ISBN 10: 1609494261 / ISBN 13: 9781609494261

Published by The History Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Confrontation at Gettysburg: A Nation Saved, A Cause Lost (Civil War Series)
• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1609494261
• ISBN 13: 9781609494261
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Gettysburg is America's most famous battle. Fought on the first three days of July 1863, it was one of the largest and by far the bloodiest of the Civil War.

Yet the importance of this great conflagration cannot be measured in numbers alone, for Gettysburg also represented a pivotal moment in the war. The battle ended General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of Union soil, and never again did a Confederate army reach that far north. Join historian John Hoptak as he narrates the fierce action between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac at such places as McPherson's Ridge, the Railroad Cut, the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Devil's Den, Little Round Top and on Culp's and Cemetery Hills.

About the Author

A native of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, John Hoptak is a lifelong student of the American Civil War, He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Kutztown University and a master's degree in history from Lehigh University. After several years as an interpretive Park Ranger at Antietam National Battlefield, Hoptak is currently a Park Ranger at Gettysburg National Miltiary Park/ He is the author of several other books, including Confrontation at Gettysburg, First in Defense of the Union: The Civil War History of the First Defenders,  Antietam: September 17, 1862, and Our Boys Did Nobly: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Soldiers at the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Hoptak has also written articles for America's Civil War, Civil War Times and Pennsylvania Heritage.