The Most Glorious Fourth: Vicksburg and Gettysburg, July 4, 1863

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W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 - 447 頁
The story of the Independence Day that turned the tide of the Civil War. July 4, 1863, was a glorious day for the Union cause. It saw the surrender of Vicksburg and the retreat of General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia after a crushing defeat at Gettysburg. In interweaving the narratives of these two storied battles, Duane Schultz has presented a compelling blow-by-blow account of what is arguably the most pivotal point of the entire conflict. All the players are brought to life here, whether it is Lincoln agonizing in the telegraph office while he waits for news from Generals Grant and Meade, General Pete Longstreet trying to cajole Lee into revising his plan of attack, or the women of the towns of Vicksburg and Gettysburg coming under fire and tending to the legions of wounded. We see a nation in the midst of its greatest convulsion, and we see that, while the "Glorious Fourth" dashed the greatest hopes of the Confederacy, the war was far from over.

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WHAT WILL THE COUNTRY SAY?
3
AND THEN CAME WAR
16
ROBERT WAS ALWAYS GOOD
41
THE GIBRALTAR OF THE WEST
67
HOW VERY SAD THIS LIFE
97
THE SUSPENSE WAS DREADFUL
134
TO FIND AND FIGHT THE ENEMY
169
WE NEED HELP NOW
199
THE SLAUGHTER WILL BE TERRIBLE
269
FOR GODS SAKE COME QUICK
295
THEYVE BROKE ALL TO HELL
318
THE MOST GLORIOUS FOURTH
348
A STRANGE AND BLIGHTED LAND
374
Chapter Notes
409
Bibliography
433
Index
441

THE BLOOD STOOD IN PUDDLES
232

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Duane Schultz has a Ph.D. from American University. He is the author of two novels and several military histories including The Dahlgren Affair: Terror and Conspiracy in the Civil War and The Most Glorious Fourth Vicksburg and Gettysburg, July 4, 1863.

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