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THE THIRD DAY AT GETTYSBURG + THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN

The six essays in this volume testify to the enduring impact of the Civil War on our national consciousness. Covering subjects as diverse as tactics, the uses of autobiography, and the power of myth-making in the southern tradition, they illustrate the rewards of imaginative scholarship – even for the most intensely studied battle in America’s history….The University of North Carolina PressChapel Hill & LondonIn Association With...Gary W. GallagherPresents...THE THIRD DAY AT GETTYSBURG & BEYOND – EDITED By GARY W. GALLAGHER – ISBN: 0-8078-2155-1SEPTEMBER.1994 – FIRST EDITION – FIRST PRINTING – VERY FINE CONDITION - HARDCOVER VOLUME WITH DUST JACKET AND MYLAR COVERING – 217 PAGES – MODERATE AMOUNT OF EXCLUSIVELY B&W PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, MATERIEL OF SUBJECT MATTER.From inside the front dust jacket of this RAREST OF VERY FINE CONDITION FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING HARDCOVER FINDS:…. The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond brings current research and interpretation to bear on a range of pivotal issues surrounding the final day of the battle, July 3, 1863. This revisionist approach begins by expanding our knowledge of the engagement itself: individual essays address Confederate general James Longstreet’s role in Pickett’s Charge and Union general George Meade’s failure to pursue Lee after the fighting. Other essays widen the scope of investigation to look at contemporary reactions to the Confederate defeat across the South, the construction of narratives by the participants themselves – from Confederate survivors of Pickett’s assault to Union sergeant Ben Hirst – and the reverberations of Pickett’s final momentous charge.Combining fresh evidence with the reinterpretation of standard sources, these essays refocus our view of the third day at Gettysburg to take in its diverse stories of combat and memory.The following is a review of this most ACCLAIMED FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING HARDCOVER VOLUME:"Part of the Military Campaigns of the Civil War series and the third of three books on Gettysburg, Gallagher presents a series of essays on the 3d and 4th days of the Battle of Gettysburg and the immediate aftermath. A key point is that these are essays - the volume does not present a history of the battle. Instead, each essay reviews a particular moment or theme.A strong point of an essay series is that the authors can lay differing interpretations of key events or points without the necessity of retelling the entire story of the battle. For instance, Gallagher's own essay discusses the difficulties Meade faced in launching a pursuit of the Confederates and what he actually managed to accomplish. Little has been written on this since Coddington's The Gettysburg Campaign.Other essays focus on skirmishing by the 14th Connecticut prior to Pickett's Charge, the importance of Gettysburg to the overall Confederate war effort and some other topics. The essays are uniformly well-written and interesting; if not always completely convincing.I'd recommend that anyone interested in Gettysburg beyond the most basic level read this volume as well as the previous two."BONUS VOLUME!In the spring of 1864, in the vast scrub forest that spread south from Virginia’s Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in battle for the first time….The University of North Carolina PressChapel Hill & LondonIn Association With...Gary W. GallagherPresents...THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN – EDITED By GARY W. GALLAGHER – ISBN: 0-8078-2334-1MAY.26.1997 – FIRST EDITION – FIRST PRINTING – VERY FINE CONDITION - HARDCOVER VOLUME WITH DUST JACKET AND MYLAR COVERING – 283 PAGES – MODERATE AMOUNT OF EXCLUSIVELY B&W PHOTOGRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS, MATERIELD OF SUBJECT MATTER.From inside the front dust jacket of this VERY FINE CONDITION FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING HARDCOVER VOLUME:…. The Wilderness campaign of May 5-6 initiated an epic confrontation between these two commanders-one that would finally end, eleven months later, with Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.the contributors to this volume bring modern scholarship and fresh insight to bear on the issues and leaders of the Wilderness campaign. Their essays explore the campaign’s background, for example, by training an often-revisionist lens on expectations among civilians in the North and South, morale among officers and soldiers in both armies, and the strategic plans of Lee and Grant. Other essays assess the shaky performances of Union cavalry leaders Philip H. Sheridan and James Harrison Wilson, the controversial actions of Confederate corp commanders Richard S. Ewell and A. P. Hill, and the often overlooked service of Lewis A. Grant and his Vermont Brigade. Finally, two of the most famous elements of the fighting in the Wilderness-the “Lee to the Rear” episode and James Longstreet’s flank attack-are reconstructed in impressive detail.the range of approaches, broad and specific, employed in this collection makes possible an expanded understanding of one of the Civil War’s major battles. Taken together, these eight essays revise and enhance existing work on the campaign, highlighting ways in which the military and nonmilitary spheres of war intersected in the Wilderness.The following is a review of this most ACCLAIMED FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING HARDCOVER VOLUME:"This is the first book I have purchased in his [Military Campaigns of the Civil War] series and I assure you this will not be the last! The essays are fantastic. They are crisp and well written.He has picked his scholars well and each one has a great in-depth analysis of their topic. Each article has enlightened me about aspects of this battle I never thought about before; most notably that of the other General Grant and his Vermont regiment and the mental states of both armies as they began the Overland Campaign of 1864.The articles concerning the historical accuracy of the Lee's advance with the Texans in Widow Tapp's field and the success of Longstreet's hammering flank attack of Hancock's II Corps, on May 6th, has me hooked and excited about reading other volumes in this series as well.These essays also provide additional help in examining these events in greater detail and providing the reader an opportunity to obtain greater knowledge as to how events developed and progressed in the chaos we have come to know as the Battle of the Wilderness.I highly recommend this book as an addition to any other texts you may own concerning this first battle between the armies of Lee and Grant."{{{IF YOU ARE NOT POSITIVELY DELIGHTED WITH THIS RARE FIND INDEED I WILL CHEERFULLY & IMMEDIATELY REFUND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE AND SHIPPING & HANDLING CHARGE}}}WINNING BIDDER PAYS SHIPPING & HANDLING: $4.99/USPS MEDIA MAIL RATE.NO APOs.I shall SECURELY DOUBLE-BUBBLE-WRAP-CORNER & POST THIS RAREST OF VERY FINE CONDITION FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING HARDCOVER VOLUME(S) within 24-hours.

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