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"My favorite historical novel...A superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant." JAMES M. McPHERSON Author of BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM Winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for fiction In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of... (more)

Two Girls of Gettysburg

by Lisa M. Klein

Lizzie and Rosanna are cousins. But when the Civil War breaks out, fifteen-year-old Lizzie finds herself committed to the cause of the Union, while Rosanna is swept up in the passions of the old south—and in her love for a young Confederate officer. Torn in their alliances, yet as devoted as sisters, each girl finds herself grappling with the senseless brutality of war, and the sacrifices that must be made in... (more)

Lincoln at Gettysburg

The Words That Remade America

by Garry Wills

The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece. By examining both the address and Lincoln in... (more)

The Gettysburg ; the graphic novel

by C. M. Butzer

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech—his 271 indelible words—been presented in such a visual and accessible format. Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed, comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered... (more)

Gettysburg

by Stephen W. Sears

Stephen W. Sears has delivered a masterwork in Gettysburg, his single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original source material, from soldiers' letters to the Official Records of the war, Sears offers dramatic and informed accounts of every aspect of the campaign, from well-hewn portraits of the battle's leaders to detailed analyses of their strategies and tactics. Sears depicts... (more)

Stars in Their Courses : The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863

Stars in Their Courses : The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863

by Shelby Foote

Historian/novelist Foote's masterly work has been culled from his critically acclaimed three-volume narrative of the Civil War. 7 cassettes.

These Honored Dead: How The Story Of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory

These Honored Dead: How The Story Of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory

by Thomas A. Desjardin

The legends and myths that have shaped our national memory of the most important battle in American history-and our very notion of "hero." Ever since the guns of Gettysburg fell silent in July 1863, and Lincoln stepped away from his two-minute speech on the same battleground four months later, the story of this three-day conflict has become an American legend, a cultural icon. American memory has established... (more)

The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers (Minnesota)

The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers (Minnesota)

by Richard Moe

Since its publication, Richard Moe’s THE LAST FULL MEASURE has garnered a reputation as one of a handful of classic regimental histories of the Civil War and the definitive history of the First Minnesota Regiment. Moe’s chronicle of the First Minnesota has received wide acclaim from reviewers and historians alike. As James MacGregor Burns notes in his foreword to the book, "Like Tolstoy’s 'War and Peace,'... (more)

Gettysburg: The Story Behind the Scenery

Gettysburg: The Story Behind the Scenery

by William C. Davis

For those who come to Gettysburg, there is a journey back in time to a battleground where armies converged and men gallantly rose to do battle. Had it not been for those three July days when Federals and Confederates fought and died in its streets and surrounding fields and hills, this quiet Pennsylvania town would be as little known today as it was before they clashed more than a century ago. ... (more)

Civil War Fantastic

by Martin Greenberg

Civil War Artillery At Gettysburg

by Philip M. Cole

A new analysis of the big guns at Gettysburg--how they worked and why they proved decisive in determining the battle's outcome. All things related to the battle of Gettysburg continue to fascinate the reading public, but few know the artillery's important role in deciding the outcome of that epic battle. Philip Cole, a licensed Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park, has now written a detailed account of... (more)

Kathleen: A Yankee Girl at Gettysburg

by Alice Turner Curtis

In the early summer of 1863, eleven-year-old Kathleen Webb finds herself involved in several memorable adventures in the days leading up to the decisive Civil War battle at Gettysburg.

General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior

General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior

by James I. Robertson

A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson but whose achievements have been unfairly neglected until now, finally receives his due in this invaluable biography by a noted historian of the Civil War. Drawing extensively on newly unearthed documents, this work provides a gripping battle-by-battle assessment of Hill's role in Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and other battles. 8... (more)

Gettysburg--The Second Day

by Harry W. Pfanz

The second day's fighting at Gettysburg—the assault of the Army of Northern Virginia against the Army of the Potomac on 2 July 1863—was probably the critical engagement of that decisive battle and, therefore, among the most significant actions of the Civil War. Harry Pfanz, a former historian at Gettysburg National Military Park, has written a definitive account of the second day's brutal combat. He begins by... (more)

At Gettysburg, or What a Girl Saw & Heard of the BattleTillie Pierce Alleman

At Gettysburg, or What a Girl Saw & Heard of the Battle

by Tillie Pierce Alleman

Busted Flush: A Novel

by B. J. Smith

Summoned by a Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, law firm, aimless Dock Bass learns that he’s inherited an ancient house from a deceased relative whom he never knew existed. Renovating the home, Dock stumbles upon a treasure trove of Civil War memorabilia squirreled away in an old root cellar, including pictures and possibly even a recording of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg. As he’s forced to defend his new find from the... (more)

To Hold This Ground: A Desperate Battle at Gettysburg

To Hold This Ground: A Desperate Battle at Gettysburg

by Susan Provost Beller

Recalls the famous Civil War battle and the courageous men who fought on both sides, including two of the commanders, Colonel William Calvin Oates of Alabama and Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of Maine.

Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign (Civil War America)

Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign (Civil War America)

by Kent Masterson Brown

In a groundbreaking, comprehensive history of the Army of Northern Virginia's retreat from Gettysburg in July 1863, Kent Masterson Brown draws on previously untapped sources to chronicle the massive effort of General Robert E. Lee and his command as they sought to move people, equipment, and scavenged supplies through hostile territory and plan the army's next moves. More than fifty-seven miles of wagon and... (more)

The History Buff's Guide to Gettysburg (Key People, Places, and Events)

The History Buff's Guide to Gettysburg (Key People, Places, and Events)

by Thomas R. Flagel

Prior to the battle of Gettysburg in July 1-3, 1863, the costliest battle of the Civil War had been Antietam, in September 1862, in which more than 23,000 were killed or wounded in eleven hours. At Gettysburg, approximately 33,000 were killed or wounded and another 10,000 missing in action. The History Buff's Guide™ to Gettysburg covers the action of those days and the surrounding area by means of detailed... (more)

Gettysburg: A Battlefield Atlas

by Craig L. Symonds

This compact, yet comprehensive volume provides both narrative history and a cartographic display of the Battle of Gettysburg that makes the enets of the engagement both vivd and easy to understand.

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A Novel of the Civil War

by Michael Shaara