The Third Day at Gettysburg & Beyond + To Gettysburg And Beyond: The Parallel Lives of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Edward Porter Alexander

Golay + Gallagher

ISBN 10: 0807847534 / ISBN 13: 9780807847534

Published by Crown + Univ of North Carolina Press, 1998

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The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond , Gallagher (ed.), University of North Carolina Press, 1994, 217p, hc w/dj, dj bumped/scuffed/small tears, boards bumped/scuffed, text clean, solid binding + To Gettysburg And Beyond: The Parallel Lives of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Edward Porter Alexander, Michael Golay, Crown, 1994, 436p, hc w/dj, dj bumped/scuffed/small tears, boards bumped/scuffed, text clean, solid binding--5.00.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Third Day at Gettysburg & Beyond + To Gettysburg And Beyond: The Parallel Lives of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Edward Porter Alexander
• Publisher: Crown + Univ of North Carolina Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807847534
• ISBN 13: 9780807847534
• Binding: No Binding
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • BLACK/WHITE/U.S. RACISM/U.S. CIVIL WAR/AMERICAN...
  • MILITARY/WAR-GENERAL
  • U.S GOVERNMENT/POLITICS/HISTORY

About this title

Synopsis

The six essays in this volume testify to the enduring impact of the Civil War on our national consciousness. Covering subjects as diverse as tactics, the uses of autobiography, and the power of myth-making in the southern tradition, they illustrate the rewards of imaginative scholarship — even for the most intensely studied battle in America’s history.

The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond brings current research and interpretation to bear on a range of pivotal issues surrounding the final day of the battle, July 3, 1863. This revisionist approach begins by expanding our knowledge of the engagement itself: individual essays address Confederate general James Longstreet’s role in Pickett’s Charge and Union general George Meade’s failure to pursue Lee after the fighting. Other essays widen the scope of investigation to look at contemporary reactions to the Confederate defeat across the South, the construction of narratives by the participants themselves — from Confederate survivors of Pickett’s assault to Union sergeant Ben Hirst — and the reverberations of Pickett’s final momentous charge.

Combining fresh evidence with the reinterpretation of standard sources, these essays refocus our view of the third day at Gettysburg to take in its diverse stories of combat and memory.

The contributors are Gary W. Gallagher, William Garrett Piston, Carol Reardon, Robert K. Krick, Robert L. Bee, and A. Wilson Greene.

About the Author

Gary W. Gallagher is John L. Nau III Professor of History at the University of Virginia. His books include The Confederate War and Lee and His Generals in War and Memory.