| Haskell of Gettysburg: His Life and Civil War Papers Contributor(s): Byrne, Frank L. (Editor), Weaver, Andrew T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0873383869 ISBN-13: 9780873383868 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 88030599 |
| Lexile Measure: 1290 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.93" W x 8.99" (0.97 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: All students of the Civil War are indebted to Frank Haskell for his classic description of the battle of Gettysburg. A lieutenant on the staff of John Gibbon, Haskell stood at the focus of the Confederate assault on July 3, 1863. He wrote of the battle in a letter to his brother. When it came to light after the war it became and remains probably the most read and repeated account of Civil War combat written by a participant. It captures wholly the terrible fascination that the Civil War--and Gettysburg--holds for all Americans. Haskell wrote other letters (thirty-one in this collection) and attained the rank of colonel before he was killed at Cold Harbor on June 3, 1864.This 1989 paperback reprinting of the 1970 edition contains a new preface by Frank L. Byrne. |