Sweeping away many of the myths that have long surrounded Pickett’s Charge, Earl Hess offers the definitive history of the most famous military action of the Civil War. He transforms exhaustive research into a moving narrative account of the assault from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath, and legacy.
About the author
Earl J. Hess is Stewart W. Mc Clelland Chair in history at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee. He is author of several books on the Civil War, including The Union Soldier in Battle: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat, and coauthor of Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 520 ● ISBN 9780807898390 ● File size 4.6 MB ● Publisher The University of North Carolina Press ● City Chapel Hill ● Country US ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6469304 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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