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Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg

Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg

by Jay Luvaas | Harold W. Nelson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

Designed for the traveler, this is a history and guide to the battlefield at Gettysburg, with directions for navigating the area. Each "stop" along the guided tour presents an important phase of the battle, and many are accompanied by excerpts from an officer's first-hand account from the battlefield. (USE192, $12.95)

Stars in Their Courses, The Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863

Stars in Their Courses, The Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863

by Shelby Foote

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 290 PAGES

Shelby Foote's gift for prose makes this military history a page-turning narrative, deftly capturing the monumental battle in a concise, informative text. (USE191, $22.00)

The Killer Angels

The Killer Angels

by Michael Shaara

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 374 PAGES

The powerful, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of Gettysburg that recreates the battle, personalities and anguish of those fateful days. (USS36, $16.00)

Gettysburg National Military Park Map

Gettysburg National Military Park Map

by Trailhead Graphics

  • MAP

A map of the park and battlefield in Gettysbug. (USE193, $9.95)

 

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg


by General Abner Doubleday

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 243 PAGES

Originally published in 1882, this is a history of the two campaigns by the famed Union general. (WAR92, $16.95)

Gettysburg - Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill


by Harry W. Pfanz

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

A tactical study of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Lee's Army of Northern Virginia on the second and third days of the battle of Gettysburg. (WAR98, $23.95)

Gettysburg - The First Day


by Harry W. Pfanz

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 472 PAGES

A tactical study of the first day of conflict at Gettysburg. (WAR96, $47.50)

Gettysburg - The Second Day


by Harry W. Pfanz

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 624 PAGES

A tactical study of the second day of conflict at Gettysburg. (WAR97, $26.00)

Lee and His Men at Gettysburg, The Death of a Nation

Lee and His Men at Gettysburg, The Death of a Nation


by Clifford Dowdey

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 393 PAGES

An absorbing, almost cinematic study of Lee's defeat at Gettysburg, concentrating on the costly decisions of his chief lieutenants. (WAR103, $18.95)

Pickett's Charge, A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863

Pickett's Charge, A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863


by George Rippey Stewart

  • HISTORY
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 291 PAGES

A moment-by-moment reconstruction of the climactic final 15 hours at Gettysburg. Originally published in 1959, the book is still considered definitive. (WAR101, $16.00)

Roads from Gettysburg


by John W. Schildt

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 150 PAGES

A reconstruction of the days immediately following the Battle of Gettysburg drawing on original accounts by soldiers and civilians. (WAR99, $9.95)

Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine of the Gettysburg Campaign


by Thomas A. Desjardin

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Drawn from the accounts of soldiers and officers, this is a visceral portrait of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's legendary 20th Maine Regiment and their battle at Gettysburg for Vincent's Spur. (USE242, $19.99)

The Attack and Defense of Little Round Top: Gettysburg, July 2, 1863


by Oliver W. Norton

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

A memoir, originally published in 1913 by a bugler in the Union army. Norton focuses on the defense of the position by Colonel Strong Vincent's brigade. (WAR95, $17.95)

The Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg


by Louis Phillipe D'Orleans

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 340 PAGES

An eyewitness report and history of the Gettysburg Campaign, first published in 1886, by the Count of Paris (son of King Louis Phillippe and aide to General McClellan). (WAR91, $18.95)

The Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg


by Frank Aretas Haskell

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 124 PAGES

A short, first-hand account of the campaign, written by a Union lieutenant as a letter to his brother that was never intended for publication. (WAR93, $9.95)

The Gettysburg Campaign, A Study in Command


by Edwin Coddington

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 928 PAGES

A well respected (and massive) history of the battle at Gettsyburg, celebrated for its scholarship, analysis and readability. Originally published in 1968. (WAR90, $26.00)

The Great Invasion of 1863, The Battle of Gettysburg, General Lee in Pennsylvania


by Jacob Hoke

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER

A short report of the battle at Gettysburg published in 1887 by Jacob Hoke, a Chambersburg store owner. (WAR94, $17.95)

They Met at Gettysburg

They Met at Gettysburg


by Edward J. Stackpole

  • HISTORY
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

A concise summary of the events leading up to and including the battle at Gettysburg, originally published in 1956. (WAR100, $19.95)

Why the Confederacy Lost

Why the Confederacy Lost


by Gabor S. Boritt

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A series of essays analyzing the various factors contributing to the Confederate defeat, written by a series of experts. (WAR89, $19.99)

Cloudsplitter


by Russell Banks

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 758 PAGES

The incomparable Russell Banks tries his hand at historical fiction. Owen Brown, son of John Brown, is the narrator, telling the story of his father and how the events of the great abolitionist's life have ultimately shaped his own. Epic, well researched and powerful. (USS196, $16.99)

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman finds himself at the center of extraordinary events in this 10th installment in the entertaining, meticulously researched series. Flashy is kidnapped in Cape Town (talk about reluctant) and soon with John Brown on his fateful 1859 raid at Harper's Ferry. (USS371, $16.00)

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