Beneath a Northern Sky: A Short History of the Gettysburg Campaign (The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era)
Praise for the first edition:  For those with time to read only one book about Gettysburg, this is the one. In the huge literature on Gettysburg, Steven Woodworth's Beneath a Northern Sky stands out as a small but brilliant start. In little more than 200 pages it offers a gripping story of the campaign and battle.... (James M. McPherson)Praise for the first edition:  A good introductory history of the Gettysburg Campaign..... (Civil War Times)Praise for the first edition:  Lucid and engrossing. An interesting, fast-paced, and efficient narration of the battle and the campaign..... (Civil War Book Review)Praise for the first edition:  A concise and scholarly synthesis that focuses on command decisions and performance, plus regimental and brigade encounters garnished by quotations from soldiers' letters that convey the range of individual experiences..... (Journal Of Military History)Praise for the first edition: A concise and scholarly synthesis that focuses on command decisions and performance, plus regimental and brigade encounters garnished by quotations from soldiers' letters that convey the range of individual experiences. (Journal Of Military History)Praise for the first edition: For those with time to read only one book about Gettysburg, this is the one. In the huge literature on Gettysburg, Steven Woodworth'sBeneath a Northern Skystands out as a small but brilliant start. In little more than 200 pages it offers a gripping story of the campaign and battle. (James M. McPherson)Praise for the first edition: A good introductory history of the Gettysburg Campaign. (Civil War Times)Praise for the first edition: Lucid and engrossing. An interesting, fast-paced, and efficient narration of the battle and the campaign. (Civil War Book Review)