American Heritage History of the Battle of Gettysburg
Publisher: Collins
Published: June 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780060549336
Subjects: History: American; History; History - U.S.; Military - United States; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
First sentence: The sequence of events that led to the Battle of Gettysburg began in May in a 300-square-mile tangle of scrub and undergrowth in Virginia just south of where the Rapidan River flows into the Rappahannock, an area known locally as the Wilderness.