A field guide to Gettysburg
Subtitle: experiencing the battlefield through its history, places, & people
By: Carol Reardon & Tom Vossler
Contributors: Vossler, Tom
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780807835258
Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; Tours
Description: Presents a guide to the Gettysburg battlefield with comprehensive maps and descriptions of the action, narratives about key figures and events, and a variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offering stories and interpretations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Stop 1. The key terrain of Cemetery Hill; title: [pt. I.] July 1, 1863: The first day of battle. 1. The meeting engagement : Stop 2. The cavalry fight ; Stop 3. The death of Reynolds ; Stop 4. The fight around the railroad cut; title: 2. The battle is joined and expands : Stop 5. Ewell enters the fight ; Stop 6. Oak Ridge ; Stop 7. The artillery duel on the XI corps line; title: 3. The Union line collapses : Stop 8. Barlow's knoll ; Stop 9. Coster Avenue ; Stop 10. Ramseur's attack ; Stop 11. Bucktails versus Tar Heels on McPherson's Ridge ; Stop 12. The iron brigade takes a stand ; Stop 13. The last stand at the Seminary; title: Day one conclusion; title: [pt. II.] July 2, 1863: The second day of battle : 4. Lee, Meade, and challenges of high command : Stop 14. Pitzer's Woods ; Stop 15. Longstreet's main effort hits a snag ; Stop 16. The Sherfy peach orchard ; Stop 17. Longstreet's main effort begins; title: 5. Longstreet attacks : Stop 18. Little Round Top ; Stop 19. The fight for Devil's Den ; Stop 20. The bloody wheatfield ; Stop 21. The salient collapses ; Stop 22. The collapse of the Emmitsburg Road Line ; Stop 23. Holding the Cemetery Ridge line; title: 6. Ewell tries the Union right flank : Stop 24. Benner's Hill ; Stop 25. Lower Culp's Hill, July 2 ; Stop 26. Stevens's Knoll ; Stop 27. East Cemetery Hill; title: Day two conclusion; title: [pt. III.] July 3, 1863: The third day of battle. 7. Commanders consider, and reconsider, their options : Stop 28. Meade's headquarters ; Stop 29. Spangler's spring ; Stop 30. Culp's Hill, July 3 ; Stop 31. Organizing the assault against the Union center; title: 8. The high-water mark? : Stop 32. Pickett's charge ; Stop 33. The Union repulse of Pickett's charge ; Stop 34. East cavalry field; title: Stop 35. The Soldiers' National Cemetery; title: The aftermath: July 4, 1863, and beyond.