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Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign [Civil Wa
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- ISBN
- 9780807829219
- Book Title
- Retreat from Gettysburg : Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign
- Item Length
- 0.1in
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Item Width
- 0.1in
- Item Weight
- 0.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 552 Pages
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Brown details the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg in July 1863, focusing on the complex logistics of moving a 57-mile wagon and ambulance train and tens of thousands of livestock through hostile territory while scavenging for provisions and planning the army's next moves.
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Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807829218
ISBN-13
9780807829219
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30769525
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Book Title
Retreat from Gettysburg : Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year
2005
Genre
History
Number of Pages
552 Pages
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Item Length
0.1in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.1in
Item Weight
0.1 Oz
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2004011781 [E]
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Through his extensive use of primary documents, including many previously unpublished diaries, letters and reports, the reader is provided with some of the most detailed accounts of the numerous military actions that occurred during the retreat. . . . A|9780807829219|, Kent Brown offers a compelling story that heretofore has received only limited attention. . . . Everyone interested in the Civil War in general and the Gettysburg Campaign in particular will want to obtain a copy of Retreat from Gettysburg , and those in search of consequential military history will find this book to their liking.-- Washington Times, The result of these years of research and contemplation is an original book that for the first time provides an overview of Lee's masterful retreat from his worst battlefield defeat. . . . [For] Gettysburg buffs, as well as those interested in military logistics, retreat theory, the Army of Northern Virginia, and the Civil War in general.-- Civil War News, There is nothing in a title which promises to be more deadening than the word logistics . And if that is the conclusion you draw about Retreat from Gettysburg , you could not have made a more egregious mistake. . . . Not only does Brown give a bravura survey of the internal mechanisms of the Confederate forces in the Gettysburg campaign, he also provides a moving entrance into the mind of [a] defeated army, trying to hold itself together, and find some way to escape and fight another day.--Allen C. Guelzo, The Barnes & Noble Review, " Retreat from Gettysburg tells us new things and gives us new ways of seeing familiar events."-- Chronicles, "Captures the reader from beginning to end. . . . Should be in the library of every serious student and scholar of Civil War history."-- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Retreat from Gettysburg tells us new things and gives us new ways of seeing familiar events.-- Chronicles, Brown has written a thoughtful and well-documented history of the retreat from Gettysburg and of the Pennsylvania campaign that has much to teach the serious student of the battle and of the Civil War.-- Midwest Book Reviews, "Captures the reader from beginning to end. . . . Should be in the library of every serious student and scholar of Civil War history." โ Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Through his extensive use of primary documents, including many previously unpublished diaries, letters and reports, the reader is provided with some of the most detailed accounts of the numerous military actions that occurred during the retreat. . . . A tour-de-force in Civil War writing. . . . With Kent Brown you get the real deal. He does history the old-fashioned way-years of research with careful and thoughtful writing.-- America's Civil War, There is everything to praise in this book, for the concept and execution are very good. Brown's arguments are on the mark, and he is to be congratulated for focusing on topics that have been overlooked far too long in the historiography.-- Journal of American History, Beyond being a great read, Retreat from Gettysburg is exceptionally well researched. . . . Such skillful use of these primary sources provides the reader with probably the best account to date of a Civil War army's retreat after a major battle.-- North & South, "There is nothing in a title which promises to be more deadening than the word logistics . And if that is the conclusion you draw about Retreat from Gettysburg , you could not have made a more egregious mistake. . . . Not only does Brown give a bravura survey of the internal mechanisms of the Confederate forces in the Gettysburg campaign, he also provides a moving entrance into the mind of [a] defeated army, trying to hold itself together, and find some way to escape and fight another day." -Allen C. Guelzo, The Barnes & Noble Review, "Captures the reader from beginning to end. . . . Should be in the library of every serious student and scholar of Civil War history." โPennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "There is everything to praise in this book, for the concept and execution are very good. Brown's arguments are on the mark, and he is to be congratulated for focusing on topics that have been overlooked far too long in the historiography."-- Journal of, Kent Masterson Brown's more than 20 years of research have come to fruition in Retreat from Gettysburg . . . . Through his extensive use of primary documents, including many previously unpublished diaries, letters, and reports, the reader is provided with some of the most detailed accounts of the numerous military actions that occurred during the retreat. . . . To further enhance this study, excellent maps aid the reader in tracing the movements of both armies. In addition, more that 40 illustrations, many of them rare, grace the pages of the book. . . . Brown's Retreat from Gettysburg is a tour de force in Civil War writing. . . . With Brown you get the real deal. He does history the old-fashioned way-years of research with careful and thoughtful writing. -- America's Civil War, "There is nothing in a title which promises to be more deadening than the word logistics . And if that is the conclusion you draw about Retreat from Gettysburg , you could not have made a more egregious mistake. . . . Not only does Brown give a bravura survey of the internal mechanisms of the Confederate forces in the Gettysburg campaign, he also provides a moving entrance into the mind of [a] defeated army, trying to hold itself together, and find some way to escape and fight another day."--Allen C. Guelzo, The Barnes & Noble Review, "There is everything to praise in this book, for the concept and execution are very good. Brown's arguments are on the mark, and he is to be congratulated for focusing on topics that have been overlooked far too long in the historiography."-- Journal of American History, Kent Masterson Brown's more than 20 years of research have come to fruition in Retreat from Gettysburg . . . . Through his extensive use of primary documents, including many previously unpublished diaries, letters, and reports, the reader is provid|9780807829219|, "The result of these years of research and contemplation is an original book that for the first time provides an overview of Lee's masterful retreat from his worst battlefield defeat. . . . [For] Gettysburg buffs, as well as those interested in military logistics, retreat theory, the Army of Northern Virginia, and the Civil War in general."-- Civil War News, "Captures the reader from beginning to end. . . . Should be in the library of every serious student and scholar of Civil War history." _ Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Kent Brown offers a compelling story that heretofore has received only limited attention. . . . Everyone interested in the Civil War in general and the Gettysburg Campaign in particular will want to obtain a copy of Retreat from Gettysburg , and those in search of consequential military history will find this book to their liking."-- Washington Times, "Beyond being a great read, Retreat from Gettysburg is exceptionally well researched. . . . Such skillful use of these primary sources provides the reader with probably the best account to date of a Civil War army's retreat after a major battle."-- North & South, Using an impressive array of untapped source material, Kent Brown has written the first detailed narrative on the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg. This phase of the campaign has often been misunderstood and Brown brings understanding to how and why the Army of Northern Virginia escaped across the Potomac without another full-scale battle against the Army of the Potomac. (D. Scott Hartwig, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), "Kent Masterson Brown's more than 20 years of research have come to fruition in Retreat from Gettysburg . . . . Through his extensive use of primary documents, including many previously unpublished diaries, letters, and reports, the reader is provided with some of the most detailed accounts of the numerous military actions that occurred during the retreat. . . . To further enhance this study, excellent maps aid the reader in tracing the movements of both armies. In addition, more that 40 illustrations, many of them rare, grace the pages of the book. . . . Brown's Retreat from Gettysburg is a tour de force in Civil War writing. . . . With Brown you get the real deal. He does history the old-fashioned way-years of research with careful and thoughtful writing. "-- America's Civil War, Captures the reader from beginning to end. . . . Should be in the library of every serious student and scholar of Civil War history.-- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Beyond being a great read, Retreat from Gettysburg is exceptionally well researched. . . . Such skillful use of these primary sources provides the reader with probably the best account to date of a Civil War army's retreat after a major battle."--, "Captures the reader from beginning to end. . . . Should be in the library of every serious student and scholar of Civil War history." -- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, The result of these years of research and contemplation is an original book that for the first time provides an overview of Lee's masterful retreat from his worst battlefield defeat. . . . [For] Gettysburg buffs, as well as those interested in military l|9780807829219|, "Through his extensive use of primary documents, including many previously unpublished diaries, letters and reports, the reader is provided with some of the most detailed accounts of the numerous military actions that occurred during the retreat. . . . A tour-de-force in Civil War writing. . . . With Kent Brown you get the real deal. He does history the old-fashioned way-years of research with careful and thoughtful writing."-- America's Civil War
Copyright Date
2005
Lccn
2004-011781
Dewey Decimal
973.7/349
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Civil War America Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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