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Pickett's charge--the last attack at Gettysburg /
Pickett's Charge is probably the best-known military engagement of the Civil War, widely regarded as the defining moment of the battle of Gettysburg and celebrated as the high-water mark of the Confederacy. But as this book notes, the epic stature of Pickett's Charge has grown at the expen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Civil War America (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Pickett's Charge is probably the best-known military engagement of the Civil War, widely regarded as the defining moment of the battle of Gettysburg and celebrated as the high-water mark of the Confederacy. But as this book notes, the epic stature of Pickett's Charge has grown at the expense of reality, and the facts of the attack have been obscured or distorted by the legend that surrounds them. The book aims to sweep away the accumulated myths about Pickett's Charge. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 497 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-482) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807898390 0807898392 9781469603001 1469603004 |