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Free Download Gettysburg : a battlefield guide By Grimsley, Mark; Simpson, Brooks D
1999 | 212 Pages | ISBN: 0803270771 | EPUB | 22 MB
Little Round Top, the Railroad Cut, Pickett’s Charge-these are the turning points within the most important battle of the Civil War. Even careful students of Gettysburg, however, can find themselves disoriented when visiting the site itself. Here, finally, is a convenient guide for serious student and casual visitor alike that makes plain the sweep of events and the geography of the battlefield.This invaluable guidebook was created by scholars who have walked the battlegrounds, consulted with local experts and park guides, and studied the testimony left behind by the participants. Gettysburg will help you find all the important locales and understand what the participants saw in 1863, even if you have no prior knowledge of the battle. Designed to enhance the experience of both first-time and returning visitors, this guide can be used alone or as a supplement to a tour. Clearly written and illustrated with maps and photographs, this is the book to have when you explore Gettysburg.

Free Download Gettysburg : a battlefield guide By Grimsley, Mark; Simpson, Brooks D
1999 | 212 Pages | ISBN: 0803270771 | EPUB | 22 MB
Little Round Top, the Railroad Cut, Pickett’s Charge-these are the turning points within the most important battle of the Civil War. Even careful students of Gettysburg, however, can find themselves disoriented when visiting the site itself. Here, finally, is a convenient guide for serious student and casual visitor alike that makes plain the sweep of events and the geography of the battlefield.This invaluable guidebook was created by scholars who have walked the battlegrounds, consulted with local experts and park guides, and studied the testimony left behind by the participants. Gettysburg will help you find all the important locales and understand what the participants saw in 1863, even if you have no prior knowledge of the battle. Designed to enhance the experience of both first-time and returning visitors, this guide can be used alone or as a supplement to a tour. Clearly written and illustrated with maps and photographs, this is the book to have when you explore Gettysburg.

Free Download Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CJS372TN | 2023 | 11 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 605 MB
Author: Edward G. Longacre
Narrator: John McLain

Free Download Frank Haskell, William C. Oates, "Gettysburg"
English | 1992 | ISBN: 0553298321 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 4.9 mb
In this unique series the Civil War comes vividly to life.Here an eyewitness accounts-many available for the first time in decades-by generals, journalist, and ordinary foot soldiers, both blue and gray, who relive the conflict in all its terrible glory.Each volume brings you a human perspective on the war-its most decisive battles, its most remarkable personalities. Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts is American history at its finest-and a reading experience you will never forget.In some ways it epitomized the entire war: three hot days in July filled with missed opportunities, great courage, inconsistent leadership, and horrific, relentless carnage.In rare volume we see the battle from both sides, as experienced by two very different combatants, one Union and the other Confederate.From Little Round Top to Devil’s Den to Pickett’s Charge, Lt. Frank A. Haskell and Col. William C. Oates, one in a meticulous hindsight and the other still feverish with war, re-create three days that changed American history.Here are the momentous decisions of Lee, Longstreet, and Meade.Here are the fatal maneuverings of the forces in the field.And here, in descriptions unmatched in Civil War literature, is all the heartbreak and triumph of Gettysburg.

Free Download Eric J. Wittenberg, "Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions: Farnsworth’s Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863"
English | 2011 | pages: 244 | ISBN: 1611210704, 1611211085 | EPUB | 2,6 mb
Winner for Reprint, 2011, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award

Free Download Pickett’s Charge: A New Look at Gettysburg’s Final Attack by Phillip Thomas Tucker, Eric Jason Martin, Audible Studios
English | 2016 | ISBN: B01KOKRJ54 | Format: MP3 / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 19 hours and 52 minutes + PDF | 558 Mb
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The Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War’s turning point, produced over 57,000 casualties, the largest number from the entire war that was itself America’s bloodiest conflict. On the third day of fierce fighting, Robert E. Lee’s attempt to invade the North came to a head in Pickett’s Charge. The infantry assault, consisting of nine brigades of soldiers in a line that stretched for over a mile, resulted in casualties of over 50 percent for the Confederates and a huge psychological blow to Southern morale.
Pickett’s Charge is a detailed analysis of one of the most iconic and defining events in American history. This book presents a much-needed fresh look, including the unvarnished truths and ugly realities, about the unforgettable story. With the luxury of hindsight, historians have long denounced the folly of Lee’s attack, but this work reveals the tactical brilliance of a master plan that went awry. Special emphasis is placed on the common soldiers on both sides, especially the non-Virginia attackers outside of Pickett’s Virginia Division. These fighters’ moments of cowardice, failure, and triumph are explored using their own words from primary and unpublished sources. Without romance and glorification, the complexities and contradictions of the dramatic story of Pickett’s Charge have been revealed in full to reveal this most pivotal moment in the nation’s life.

Free Download Stephen G. Hyslop, "Eyewitness to Gettysburg (Shorts)"
English | 2013 | pages: 57 | ASIN: B008EDOBKK | EPUB | 4,2 mb
Author James Robertson, one of America’s most respected Civil War scholars and storytellers whose weekly talks about little-known people and events of the Civil War aired for 15 years on National Public Radio, brings history to life here in a collection of unexpected and true stories revealing the events that took place as great events unfolded. He explores such gripping subjects as the post-battle horrors of the wounded, the destruction of Robert E. Lee’s aura of invincibility, and the invention of a new way to remove the wounded from the battlefield. In addition, an introductory overview of the Civil War traces the major events of the conflict year by year.

Free Download Who HQ, John Mantha, "What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?"
English | 2013 | pages: 112 | ISBN: 0448462869, 0448465752 | EPUB | 110,5 mb
"Four score and seven years ago…" begins Abraham Lincoln’s beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North? With black-and-illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life.

Free Download Witness to Gettysburg: Inside the Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War, 2021 Edition by Richard Wheeler
English | August 15, 2021 | ISBN: 0811739856 | 265 pages | PDF | 24 Mb
From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E. Lee’s defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the words of participants-both Northern and Southern-to bring one of the Civil War’s bloodiest, most pivotal battles to life. Wheeler blends these compelling personal accounts into a startlingly vivid tapestry of war and a dramatic narrative that entertains as well as informs. This is eyewitness history at its best.