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The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863

Chapter 1: THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 1863
By Samuel Adams Drake
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The author offers a detailed, chapter-by-chapter account of the three-day battle around a Pennsylvania market town during the 1863 invasion, beginning with the town and landscape, examining strategic context and troop movements, describing the fighting of July first through third, including key ridges and defensive positions, the retreat and aftermath, and visits to cemeteries and memorial sites. The narrative blends tactical analysis, eyewitness impressions, maps and topography, and reflections on casualties and consequence, aiming to explain why the engagement became a decisive moment and how the rural terrain shaped the combat.

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Title: The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863

Author: Samuel Adams Drake

Release date: July 26, 2015 [eBook #49530]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, 1863 ***

WORKS BY SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE

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OLD LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC PERSONAGESOF BOSTON. Illustrated $2.00

OLD LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC FIELDS OF MIDDLESEX. Illustrated 2.00

NOOKS AND CORNERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. Illustrated 3.50

CAPTAIN NELSON A Romance of Colonial Days .75

THE HEART OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. Illustrated (Illuminated Cloth) 7.50

     Tourist's Edition 3.00

AROUND THE HUB. A Boy's Book about Boston. Illustrated 1.50

NEW ENGLAND LEGENDS AND FOLK LORE. Illustrated 2.00

THE MAKING OF NEW ENGLAND. Illustrated 1.50

THE MAKING OF THE GREAT WEST 1.75

OLD BOSTON TAVERNS. Paper .50

BURGOYNE'S INVASION OF 1777 .50

THE TAKING OF LOUISBURG .50

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LEE AND SHEPARD, BOSTON

GEORGE GORDON MEADE

Decisive Events in American History

THE
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
1863

BY

SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE

AUTHOR OF "BURGOYNE'S INVASION," "TAKING OF
LOUISBURG," ETC.

"The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here"

Abraham Lincoln

BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
10 Milk Street
1892

Copyright, 1891
By LEE AND SHEPARD

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

PRESS OF
Rockwell and Churchill
   BOSTON

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Gettysburg9
II.The March into Pennsylvania23
III.First Effects of the Invasion34
IV.Reynolds46
V.The First of July60
VI.Cemetery Hill81
VII.The Second of July97
VIII.The Second of July—continued112
IX.The Third of July132
X.The Retreat150
XI.Things by the Way160

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
1863