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The First Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership

by Gary W. Gallagher. 174 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Gary W. Gallagher

Publisher:

   Kent State University Press

Place of Publication:

  Kent, OH  

Publication Year:

  1992
Subjects:   Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle Of, 1863, Command Of Troops--Case Studies
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Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership
Book by Gary W. Gallagher; Kent State University Press, 1999
Subjects: Command Of Troops--Case Studies, Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle Of, 1863
...new essays. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87338-629-9 cloth: alk. paper I. Gettysburg Pa. , Battle of, 1863. 2. Command of troops Case studies. I. Gallagher, Gary W. II. The first day at Gettysburg. III. The...
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The First Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership
Book by Gary W. Gallagher; Kent State University Press, 1992
Subjects: Command Of Troops--Case Studies, Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle Of, 1863
...0-87338-457-1 pbk. : alk. 1. Gettysburg Pa. , Battle of, 1863. 2. Command of troops Case...Rodess division, entered Gettysburg on the heels of the retreating Federals...his mother soon after the battle. "But, timidity in the commander...
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The Gettysburg Nobody Knows
Book by Gabor S. Boritt; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle Of, 1863
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Gettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill
Book by Harry W. Pfanz, Gary W. Gallagher; University of North Carolina Press, 1993
Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle Of, 1863
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The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond
Book by Gary W. Gallagher; University of North Carolina Press, 1994
Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle Of, 1863
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THE EXERCISE OF MILITARY JUDGMENT: A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION...soldiers on Bataan sang, to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic": Dugout...we ought not to return them in that case" (Plato, 1961: 331C). The point of both examples is that in some situations...certain regulations prescribed for our troops, that I wore no helmet, that I carried...I declined to command from the rear, were reported to G.H.Q...
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Struggle Behind Scenes of Battle; Survival, Rumor at Gettysburg
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 2, 2007
Subjects: Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
...familys back yard to avoid capture, thereby missing the entire battle. Some Confederate soldiers, tired of fighting, were able to desert with the aid of Gettysburg residents. Premonitions of death were not uncommon among combatants...safely ensconced in Richmond, had arrived in Greencastle, Pa. The persistent but erroneous news that popular Gen. George...
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Hoofbeats of History; Documentary Shows How Horses Made Mark at Gettysburg
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Subjects: Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
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Earlier Import of 'Pumpkin Papers' Site
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 10, 2007
Subjects: Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
...intended line of defense in the days preceding the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Meade was given command of the Army of the Potomac on June...Gettysburg to Baltimore, which passed through Littlestown, Pa., Union Mills, Md., and Westminster (the modern-day Maryland...advance toward Gettysburg. Thus, what could have been the Battle of Pipe Creek instead became the three-day Battle of Gettysburg...
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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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