Overview
Challenging conventional views, stretching the minds of Civil War enthusiasts and scholars as only John Michael Priest can, Into the Fight is both a scholarly and a fresh interpretation of the most famous charge in American history. Using a wide range of sources ranging from the monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield to the accounts of the participants themselves, Priest here rewrites the conventional thinking about this unusually emotional, yet serious, moment in our Civil War. Starting with a fresh point of view, and with no axes to grind, Into the Fight challenges all interested in that stunning moment in history to rethink their assumptions.Synopsis
Challenging conventional views, stretching the minds of Civil War enthusiasts and scholars as only John Michael Priest can, Into the Fight is both a scholarly and a fresh interpretation of the most famous charge in American history. Using a wide range of sources ranging from the monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield to the accounts of the participants themselves, Priest here rewrites the conventional thinking about this unusually emotional, yet serious, moment in our Civil War. Starting with a fresh point of view, and with no axes to grind, Into the Fight challenges all interested in that stunning moment in history to rethink their assumptions.
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Using a wide range of sources<-->from the monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield to accounts of the participants,<-->the author rewrites the conventional thinking about the most famous charge of the Civil War. Each chapter reconstructs a piece of the timeline on July 3rd, 1863 and includes maps of artillery and infantry positions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.