It is a marvelous book that deserves to be read and savored. The last invasion allen guelzo talked about his book, gettysburg. One veteran described picketts charge as the shadow of a cloud seen from a distance as it sweeps across a sunny field. The battle of gettysburg has been written about at length and thoroughly dissected in terms of strategic importance, but never before has a book taken readers so close to the experience of the individual soldier. Sears, who came out with his book gettysburg ten years ago, on the. His understanding of the military dynamics of gettysburg is equal, if not superior, to that of many specialists. The campaign culminated in the battle of gettysburg, july , in which approximately 48,000 americans became casualties. Allen guelzo, director of civil war era studies at gettysburg college, recounts the battle of gettysburg, july, 1863. In his graphic and emotionally affecting gettysburg. Although guelzos focus in the past has been on the politics of the war, his new book makes it clear that he is a master of 19thcentury military matters as well. Of the halfdozen fulllength histories of the battle of gettysburg written over the last century, none dives. The battle of gettysburg has been written about at length and thoroughly dissected in terms of strategic importance, but never before has a book taken readers so. And it deserves to be on the bookshelf of all civil war buffs. The book is a comprehensive recounting of the battle.
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