Witness to Gettysburg
Title | Witness to Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Wheeler |
Publisher | Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | 286 |
Release | 2006-01-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0811741567 |
From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E. Lee's defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the words of participants--both Northern and Southern--to bring one of the Civil War's bloodiest, most pivotal battles to life.
Witness to Gettysburg
Title | Witness to Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Wheeler |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 2021-08-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0811770125 |
From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E. Lee's defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the words of participants—both Northern and Southern—to bring one of the Civil War's bloodiest, most pivotal battles to life. Wheeler blends these compelling personal accounts into a startlingly vivid tapestry of war and a dramatic narrative that entertains as well as informs. This is eyewitness history at its best.
Tillie Pierce
Title | Tillie Pierce PDF eBook |
Author | Tanya Anderson |
Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books ™ |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2017-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 151245303X |
Imagine being fifteen years old, facing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on U.S. soil: the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1863, this is exactly what happened to Tillie Pierce, a normal teenager who became an unlikely heroine of the Civil War (1861-1865). Tillie and other women and girls like her found themselves trapped during this critical three-day battle in southern Pennsylvania. Without training, but with enormous courage and compassion, Tillie and other Gettysburg citizens helped save the lives of countless wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. In gripping prose, Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the of Battle Gettysburg takes readers behind the scenes. And through Tillie’s own words, the story of one of the Civil War’s most famous battles comes alive.
Witness to Gettysburg
Title | Witness to Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Wheeler |
Publisher | Booksales |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Civil war |
ISBN | 9780785802129 |
Describing the Civil War's most crucial battle, personal experiences of Gettysburg residents are combined with accounts of Union and Confederate soldiers who survived the battle to produce a chronological narrative that brings the battle of Gettysburg to life.
At Gettysburg
Title | At Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | Tillie Pierce Alleman |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 1889 |
Genre | Gettysburg (Pa.) |
ISBN |
Eyewitness Gettysburg
Title | Eyewitness Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | Rod Gragg |
Publisher | Regnery History |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016-06-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781621573012 |
One hundred and fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the words of the soldiers and onlookers present for those three fateful days still reverberate with the power of their courage and sacrifice. Eyewitness Gettysburg gathers letters, journals, articles and speeches from the people who lived through those legendary three days. Tied together with narrative by historian Rod Gragg and illustrated with a wealth of photographs and images, Eyewitness Gettysburg will transport you to the battlefield, immersing you in the emotional intensity of the struggle of brother against brother for the future of the United States of America.
Eyewitness to Gettysburg
Title | Eyewitness to Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Carleton Coffin |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 152 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896) was an American war correspondent for the Boston Journal whose detailed, graphic accounts of the major battles of the Civil War offer an important glimpse into life and death at the battlefront. Includes a biographical essay on Coffin and appendices placing his ac