A string of Confederate victories at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville led to the June 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania by General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. As Lee was aiming toward Harrisburg, the state capital, General George G. Meade’s Army of the Potomac drove hard to catch up with him. Although neither general had planned to fight at the small crossroads town of Gettysburg, a skirmish broke out on July 1 when advance elements of the Confederate army c...

Fully revised and updated version of the 1960 classic. A must for Civil War buffs, amateur and professional alike.

Stackpole Books presents Gen. Edward J. Stackpole’s Civil War classics -- They Met at Gettysburg, Drama on the Rappahannock, Chancellorsville, and From Cedar Mountain to Antietam -- in a single abridged volume that covers the war’s pivotal and turbulent middle year in the Eastern Theater, from the summer of 1862 through the summer of 1863. This year of bloody conflict included the war’s defining battles: Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. It was a ...

The Army of the Potomac's defeat by General Lee. A classic reference.

A comprehensive analysis of the legendary general's strategies and tactics during one of the most important battles of the American Civil War.Gettysburg is the most written about battle in American military history. Generations after nearly fifty,zero soldiers shed their blood there, serious and fundamental misunderstandings persist about Robert E. Lee's generalship during the campaign and battle. Last Chance for Victory: Robert E. Lee and the Gettysburg Campai...

In June 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the 75,000-strong Army of Northern Virginia launched a second invasion of the North, crossing into Maryland and Pennsylvania to try to win a decisive victory over Federal forces. On July 1, Lee’s army encountered Major General Meade’s 90,000 strong Army of the Potamac at the small town of Gettysburg. After some initial success in dispersing the Federal advance guard, Lee launched attack after attack against the main army, but everywhere the Union lin...

Filled with insightful anecdotes and lively narrative, The Generals of Gettysburg presents detailed information on the character and personality of all 133 combat-command officers as well as an in-depth account of each man's actions on the field. This marriage of character --the features and attributes of a man -- with each general's battlefield record, offers new insights into the battle and its outcome.

Includes 8 maps and numerous other illustrationsOne hundred and fifty years ago this spring, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant launched the campaign that marked the beginning of the end of the American Civil War. For over a month, he and General Robert E. Lee were locked in a remorseless struggle that took their armies across the woodlands and farm clearings of central Virginia on the road to the Southern capital of Richmond.In the Wilderness, Union and Confederate soldiers battled i...

A comprehensive history of the Battle of Gettysburg by one of today's leading historians.The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation’s history. Volumes have been written about this momentous three-day battle, but recent histories have tended to focus on the particulars rather than the big picture: on the generals or on single days of battle—even on single charges—or on the daily lives of the soldiers....

Could the South have won the Civil War?To many, the very question seems absurd. After all, the Confederacy had only a third of the population and one-eleventh of the industry of the North. Wasn’t the South’s defeat inevitable?Not at all, as acclaimed military historian Bevin Alexander reveals in this provocative and counterintuitive new look at the Civil War. In fact, the South most definitely could have won the war, and Alexander documents exactly how a Confederate victory...

In "From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America (Illustrated Edition)," James Longstreet offers a compelling first-person account of his experiences during one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. Written with a striking immediacy, this meticulously detailed memoir captures the essence of Civil War battles, strategic decisions, and the personal dilemmas faced by soldiers. Longstreet's narrative is imbued with a reflective tone, providing both a military ...

A "fascinating illumination of little-known accounts and personalities" by two experts on the Battle of Gettysburg ( Civil War News).The historiography of Gettysburg's second day is usually dominated by the Union's successful defense of Little Round Top—but the day's most influential action occurred nearly one mile west along the Emmitsburg Road, in farmer Joseph Sherfy's peach orchard. This is the first full-length study of this pivotal action.On ...