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A battlefield guide to the sites and history of the climactic attack during the American Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg. 150 years after the event, the grand near-suicidal attack against the Union position on Cemetery Ridge still emotionally resonates with Gettysburg enthusiasts like no other aspect of the battle. On the afternoon of July 3, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered more than 12,000 Southern infantry to undertake what would become the most legendary charge in American military history. This attack, popularly but inaccurately known as "Pickett's Charge," is often considered the turning point of the Civil War's seminal battle of Gettysburg. Although much has been written about the battle itself and Pickett's Charge in particular,  Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg  is the first battlefield guide for this celebrated assault. After the war, one staff officer perceptively observed that the charge "has been more criticized, and is still less understood, than any other act of the Gettysburg drama." Unfortunately, what was true then remains true to this day. The authors of this book—two of Gettysburg's elite Licensed Battlefield Guides along with one of the Civil War's leading

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Author

James A. Hessler and Wayne E. Motts; cartography by Steven A. Stanley

Publisher

Savas Beatie LLC

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781611212006

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.7 / 5 (128 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14