Jeffry D. Wert - Gettysburg, Day Three
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Gettysburg, Day Three is the story of the decisive day of the decisive battle of the Civil War. Opening with Meades council of war, it shifts to the seven-hour struggle for Culps Hill, the most sustained combat of the entire engagement. The fighting at Culps Hill began early on the third day and produced heroes on both sides, perhaps none less likely than sixty-two-year-old General George Greene of New York, the oldest general on the battlefield.
The crucial action on Day Three was the massive Confederate assault on the center of the Union line, the action that we know as Picketts Charge. Jeffry Wert tells the story of Picketts Charge in full detail, from the planning and preparations to the ferocious cannonade, the valiant but futile charge itself, and the bloody repulse and aftermath. He analyzes the failure of Confederate command decisions, from the level of Robert E. Lee and James Longstreetdown to the brigade commanders, that rendered the attack less powerful than it might have been. He gives great credit to the artillery officers, particularly General Henry Hunt of the Union, who contributed significantly to the defeat of the infantry assault. Werts vivid and dramatic retelling of Picketts Charge will captivate anyone who has enjoyed Killer Angels or any of the classic narratives of the Civil War.
Although the repulse of Picketts Charge determined the outcome of the battle, the fighting at Gettysburg didnt end there. On the afternoon of the third day, the most prolonged cavalry action of the battle took place. Confederate cavalry under the command of the colorfully flamboyant Jeb Stuart fought an excellent Union cavalry in a battle that ended in a draw. Among the most daring of the Union cavalry commanders was a twenty-three-year-old brigadier general, the youngest general in the army, named George Custer.
For the Union troops, the victory at Gettysburg was enormous. The Army of the Potomac had consistently lost to Lees Army of Northern Virginia, most recently in a bloody defeat at Chancellorsville less than two months earlier. A Confederate victory on northern soil would have jeopardized Baltimore and perhaps even Washington itself. Instead Union troops fought with determination and skill, and proved to themselves that they could fight as well as the Rebels. After failing with a series of commanders, Lincoln finally succeeded with his new commander, George Meade, who, Wert argues, deserves more credit for the Union victory than he has generally been given.
Gettysburg, Day Three draws on hundreds of sources, including more than 400 manuscriptcollections, to provide the most comprehensive account ever of the crucial day of the Civil Wars greatest battle. Brief excerpts from letters and diaries of soldiers on both sides bring to life the voices of the men who fought this terrible battle. As a result, despite the many books already written about the battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Day Three is fresh and lively, a brilliant rendering of an immortal bloody day.
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ALSO BY JEFFRY D. WERT
A Brotherhood of Valor: The Common Soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade, C.S.A., and the Iron Brigade, U.S.A.
Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer
General James Longstreet: The Confederacys Most Controversial SoldierA Biography
Mosbys Rangers: The True Adventures of the Most Famous Command of the Civil War
From Winchester to Cedar Creek: The Shenandoah Campaign of 1864
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE, USA, commanding
FIRST ARMY CORPS (Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds)
Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday
Maj. Gen. John Newton
First Division (Brig. Gen. James S. Wadsworth)
First Brigade (Brig. Gen. Solomon Meredith)
(Col. William W. Robinson)
19th Indiana
24th Michigan
2nd Wisconsin
6th Wisconsin
7th Wisconsin
Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler)
7th Indiana
76th New York
84th New York (14th Militia)
95th New York
147th New York
56th Pennsylvania (9 cos.)
Second Division (Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson)
First Brigade (Brig. Gen. Gabriel R. Paul)
(Col. Samuel H. Leonard)
(Col. Adrian R. Root)
(Col. Richard Coulter)
(Col. Peter Lyle)
(Col. Richard Coulter)
16th Maine
13th Massachusetts
94th New York
104th New York
107th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Henry Baxter)
12th Massachusetts
83rd New York (9th Militia)
97th New York
11th Pennsylvania
88th Pennsylvania
90th Pennsylvania
Third Division (Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday)
(Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley)
First Brigade (Col. Chapman Biddle)
(Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley)
(Col. Chapman Biddle)
80th New York (20th Militia)
121st Pennsylvania
142nd Pennsylvania
151st Pennsylvania
Second Brigade (Col. Roy Stone)
(Col. Langhorne Wister)
(Col. Edmund L. Dana)
143rd Pennsylvania
149th Pennsylvania
150th Pennsylvania
Third Brigade (Brig. Gen. George J. Stannard)
(Col. Francis V. Randall)
13th Vermont
14th Vermont
16th Vermont
Artillery Brigade (Col. Charles S. Wainwright)
Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B) (Capt. James A. Hall)
Maine Light, 5th Battery (E) (Capt. Greenleaf T. Stevens)
1st New York Light, Batteries L & E (Capt. Gilbert H. Reynolds)
(Lieut. George Breck)
1st Pennsylvania Light, Battery (B) (Capt. James H. Cooper)
4th United States, Battery (B) (Lieut. James Stewart)
SECOND ARMY CORPS (Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock)
(Brig. Gen. John Gibbon)
(Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock)
First Division (Brig. Gen. John C. Caldwell)
First Brigade (Col. Edward E. Cross)
(Col. H. Boyd McKeen)
5th New Hampshire
61st New York
81st Pennsylvania
148th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade (Col. Patrick Kelly)
28th Massachusetts
63rd New York (2 cos.)
69th New York (2 cos.)
88th New York (2 cos.)
116th Pennsylvania (4 cos.)
Third Brigade (Brigadier General Samuel K. Zook)
(Lieut. Col. John Fraser)
52nd New York
57th New York
66th New York
140th Pennsylvania
Fourth Brigade (Col. John R. Brooke)
27th Connecticut (2 cos.)
2nd Delaware
64th New York
53rd Pennsylvania
145th Pennsylvania (7 cos.)
Second Division (Brig. Gen. John Gibbon)
(Brig. Gen. William Harrow)
(Brig. Gen. John Gibbon)
First Brigade (Brig. Gen. William Harrow)
(Col. Francis E. Heath)
19th Maine
15th Massachusetts
1st Minnesota and 2nd Co. Minnesota Sharpshooters
82nd New York (2nd Militia)
Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Webb)
69th Pennsylvania
71st Pennsylvania
72nd Pennsylvania
106th Pennsylvania
Third Brigade (Col. Norman J. Hall)
59th New York
19th Massachusetts
20th Massachusetts
7th Michigan
42nd New York
59th New York (4 cos.)
Unattached
Massachusetts Sharpshooters 1st Co.
Third Division (Brig. Gen. Alexander Hays)
First Brigade (Col. Samuel S. Carroll)
14th Indiana
4th Ohio
8th Ohio
7th West Virginia
Second Brigade (Col. Thomas A. Smyth)
(Lieut. Col. Francis E. Pierce)
14th Connecticut
1st Delaware
12th New Jersey
10th New York Battalion
108th New York
Third Brigade (Col. George L. Willard)
(Col. Eliakim Sherrill)
(Lieut. Col. James L. Bull)
39th New York (4 cos.)
111th New York
125th New York
126th New York
Artillery Brigade (Capt. John G. Hazard)
1st New York Light, Battery (G) and 14th New York Battery (Lieut. Albert S. Sheldon)
(Capt. James M. Rorty)
(Lieut. Robert E. Rogers)
1st Rhode Island, Battery (A) (Capt. William A. Arnold)
1st Rhode Island, Battery (B) (Lieut. T. Fred Brown)
1st United States, Battery (I) (Lieut. George A. Woodruff)
(Lieut. Tully McCrea)
4th United States, Battery (A) (Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing)
(Sgt. Frederick Fuger)
THIRD ARMY CORPS (Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles)
(Maj. Gen. David B. Birney)
First Division (Maj. Gen. David B. Birney)
(Brig. Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward)
First Brigade (Brig. Gen. Charles K. Graham)
(Col. Andrew H. Tippin)
57th Pennsylvania (8 cos.)
63rd Pennsylvania
68th Pennsylvania
105th Pennsylvania
114th Pennsylvania
141st Pennsylvania
Second Brigade (Brig. Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward)
(Col. Hiram Berdan)
20th Indiana
3rd Maine
4th Maine
86th New York
124th New York
99th Pennsylvania
1st United States Sharpshooters
2nd United States Sharpshooters (8 cos.)
Third Brigade (Col. P. Regis De Trobriand)
17th Maine
3rd Michigan
5th Michigan
40th New York
110th Pennsylvania (6 cos.)
Second Division (Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys)
First Brigade (Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Carr)
1st Massachusetts
11th Massachusetts
16th Massachusetts
12th New Hampshire
11th New Jersey
26th Pennsylvania
Second Brigade (Col. William R. Brewster)
70th New York
71st New York
72nd New York
73rd New York
74th New York
120th New York
Third Brigade (Col. George C. Burling)
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