| Gettysburg: Bold Battle in the North Contributor(s): Hale, Sarah Elder (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0812679032 ISBN-13: 9780812679038 Publisher: Cobblestone OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2005 Annotation: Gettysburg, a quiet Pennsylvania farm town, was located at the intersection of nine major roads. The town, set amid rolling hills and valleys, was an ideal spot for a battle -- but neither army planned it that way. When the Union and Confederate armies collided there, they fought in a wheat field and a peach orchard, where the fruit was just beginning to ripen. It would be the deadliest battle of the Civil War. The bodies of the thousands of soldiers who died littered the fields, and the town's churches, homes, and farms were converted into hospitals for the wounded. "Gettysburg: Bold Battle in the North" tells the story of how General Robert E. Lee pushed his troops into Union territory hoping to change the tide of the war for the Confederacy. Explore Lee's strategy for disrupting Union troops. Discover the chilling details of this fierce three-day battle. Meet the brave soldiers who fought in horrendous hand-to-hand combat for their causes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.734 |
| LCCN: 2005015215 |
| Series: Cobblestone the Civil War |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.16" W x 9.28" (0.62 lbs) 43 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gettysburg, a quiet Pennsylvania farm town, was located at the intersection of nine major roads. The town, set amid rolling hills and valleys, was an ideal spot for a battle -- but neither army planned it that way. When the Union and Confederate armies collided there, they fought in a wheat field and a peach orchard, where the fruit was just beginning to ripen. It would be the deadliest battle of the Civil War. The bodies of the thousands of soldiers who died littered the fields, and the town's churches, homes, and farms were converted into hospitals for the wounded. Gettysburg: Bold Battle in the North tells the story of how General Robert E. Lee pushed his troops into Union territory hoping to change the tide of the war for the Confederacy. Explore Lee's strategy for disrupting Union troops. Discover the chilling details of this fierce three-day battle. Meet the brave soldiers who fought in horrendous hand-to-hand combat for their causes. |