num_pages: 720
description: America's Civil War raged for more than four years, but it is the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 that continues to fascinate, appall, and inspire new generations with its unparalleled saga of sacrifice and courage. From Chancellorsville, where General Robert E. Lee launched his high-risk campaign into the North, to the Confederates' last daring and ultimately-doomed act, forever known as Pickett's Charge, the battle of Gettysburg gave the Union army a victory that turned back the boldest and perhaps greatest chance for a Southern nation. Now acclaimed historian Noah Andre Trudeau brings the most up-to-date research available to a brilliant, sweeping, and comprehensive history of the battle of Gettysburg that sheds fresh light on virtually every aspect of it. Deftly balancing his own narrative style with revealing firsthand accounts, Trudeau brings this engrossing human tale to life as never before.
language: English
title: Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage
titlecomplete: Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage
genres: Civil War, Battle Of Gettysburg, Civil War Eastern Theater, Military Fiction, American History, American Civil War, War, Nonfiction, History, Military History
ratings_count: 1541
publisher: Harper Perennial