They Met at Gettysburg: a Step-by-step Retelling of the Battle with Maps, Photos, Firsthand Accounts

Edward J. Stackpole

ISBN 10: 0811720896 / ISBN 13: 9780811720892

Published by Stackpole Books, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: They Met at Gettysburg: a Step-by-step Retelling of the Battle with Maps, Photos, Firsthand Accounts
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811720896
• ISBN 13: 9780811720892
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 13 ounces

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Synopsis

 A string of Confederate victories at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville led to the June 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania by General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.  As Lee was aiming toward Harrisburg, the state capital, General George G. Meade’s Army of the Potomac drove hard to catch up with him.  Although neither general had planned to fight at the small crossroads town of Gettysburg, a skirmish broke out on July 1 when advance elements of the Confederate army collided with pickets from a Yankee cavalry brigade.
 
Three days of bitter fighting ensued.  When the vicious encounter was over – having been fought at places like the railroad cut, Devil’s Den, the Wheatfield, Little Round Top, and Culp’s Hill, and culminating in Pickett’s desperate charge on July 3 – Lee’s army was in retreat, and Meade had scored a major victory for the North.
 
Based on deep knowledge of the battle and battlefield and driven by masterful, excitingly paced storytelling, They Met at Gettysburg is the classic narrative of the greatest battle ever fought on American soil.

A wonderful book, well written. --Reader's Digest

From the Back Cover

They Met At Gettysburg has long been regarded as the classic treatment of one of the greatest, most fascinating, most decisive battles in history. They Met At Gettysburg offers its drama and insight to a new generation of Americans.