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In 1863, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia are victorious at the Battle of Gettysburg (not the United States' Union Army, which won in reality).Instead of attacking the Union line on July 2, 1863, Lee conducts a broad turning movement and forces the Army of the Potomac to attack him in a favorable position.
Gods and Generals is a novel which serves as a prequel to Michael Shaara's 1974 Pulitzer Prize–winning work about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels.Written by Jeffrey Shaara after his father Michael's death in 1988, the novel relates events from 1858 through 1863, during the American Civil War, ending just as the two armies march toward Gettysburg.
The book, which became a best-seller during the 1990s, [1] argued that Lincoln's 272-word address, which was delivered during the dedication of the new national cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863, was so powerful that it reshaped the United States by altering Americans' view of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S ...
Read below for the full text of Lincoln's address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition ...
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion is a 2013 military history non-fiction book by American author Allen Guelzo.. American historian George C. Rable, writing in the journal Civil War History, reviewed the book favorably, concluding that "this finely wrought volume immediately joins the short list of Gettysburg classics, and I suspect for a good number of readers may attain the number one position ...
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The roar of cannons will soon return to the Gettysburg battlefield, as the 161st anniversary of the history-changing battle approaches.
Booklist, in a review of The Long Road to Gettysburg, called it an "intriguing book" and concluded "An important addition to the Civil War shelf." [1] Reviewing an audio version of the book, the School Library Journal wrote "Overall, this is a worthwhile addition to non-fiction audiobook collections."