The first day at Gettysburg [electronic resource] : crisis at the crossroads / Warren W. Hassler, Jr.

ISBN:

9780817383923

9780817351038

9780817356170

Title:

The first day at Gettysburg [electronic resource] : crisis at the crossroads / Warren W. Hassler, Jr.

Author:

Hassler, Warren W.

Personal Author:

Hassler, Warren W.

Uniform Title:

Crisis at the crossroads

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations, maps

General Note:

Originally published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1970, under title Crisis at the crossroads : the first day at Gettybsurg.

Contents:

The convergence on Gettysburg -- The meeting of the ways -- The early morning fight of Buford -- Reynolds climaxes his career -- The first affair at the railroad cut -- The Iron Brigade in McPherson Grove -- Reinforcements come forward -- The arrival and deployment of the Eleventh Corps -- The advent of Early, and his fight with Schurz -- The Oak Rridge combat of Robinson and Rodes -- The second contest at the railroad cut -- The federals lose McPherson Ridge -- Pender's clash with Doubleday on Seminary Ridge -- The retreat through the town -- The federals rally on Cemetery Hill -- The price in blood.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Geographic Term:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2010

1970

Publication Information:

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Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
973.7349 22	1:E-BOOK	1	1:ONLINE	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

"Hassler's history will survive as our most detailed narrative of the first day's battle, examining the day's action so minutely that no succeeding historian of Gettysburg will be able to ignore it. Hassler's book has solid virtues in addition to its thoroughness of detail: it offers a persuasive argument that the first day's events largely determined the eventual outcome of the battle; Hassler displays uncommonly complete knowledge of the battlefield terrain [and] makes uniquely good use of the information that can be gleaned from the monuments and markers on the battlefield." - American Historical Review

Author Notes

Warren W. Hassler Jr. is an Emeritus Professor of American History at Pennsylvania State University, University Park. He is the author of Commanders of the Army of the Potomac and other books.