Defense Of The Peach Orchard At Gettysburg

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Defense of the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg

Author : Gary Schreckengost
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530398867
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Defense of the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg written by Gary Schreckengost and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-05 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Gettysburg was considered to be the turning point of the War of the Southern Rebellion not necessarily because the Federal Army of the Potomac won, but because it did not lose. One of the most important phases of the battle was fought on July 2, 1863, at a place they called "the Peach Orchard." Here elements of Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickes's III U.S. Corps fought to deprive the rebels of high ground which would have allowed the rebels to shoot enfilading artillery fire into the left flank of Maj. Gen. Winfield Hancock's II U.S. Corps on Cemetery Ridge, unhinging the entire line. Brig. Gen. Charles Graham's brigade of Sickles's corps was placed in the center of this salient and the 114th Pennsylvania, (Collis's Philadelphia Zouaves), was in the center of Graham's brigade. This is the historically accurate yet fictitious story about John Tricker and his brother, Alfred, who were actual members of Company B, 114th Pennsylvania. Read about how and why they joined Collis's Zouaves and what the fighting was like for them on that fateful day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.

Gettysburg's Peach Orchard

Author : James A. Hessler
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1611214564
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Gettysburg's Peach Orchard written by James A. Hessler and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “fascinating illumination of little-known accounts and personalities” by two experts on the Battle of Gettysburg (Civil War News). The historiography of Gettysburg’s second day is usually dominated by the Union’s successful defense of Little Round Top—but the day’s most influential action occurred nearly one mile west along the Emmitsburg Road, in farmer Joseph Sherfy’s peach orchard. This is the first full-length study of this pivotal action. On July 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered skeptical subordinate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet to launch a massive assault against the Union left flank. The offensive was intended to seize the Peach Orchard and surrounding ground for use as an artillery position to support the ongoing attack. However, Union Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles, a scheming former congressman from New York, misinterpreted his orders and occupied the orchard first. What followed was some of Gettysburg’s bloodiest and most controversial fighting. General Sickles’s questionable advance forced Longstreet’s artillery and infantry to fight for every inch of ground to Cemetery Ridge. The Confederate attack crushed the Peach Orchard salient and other parts of the Union line, threatening the left flank of Maj. Gen. George Meade’s army. The command decisions made in and around the Sherfy property influenced actions on every part of the battlefield. The occupation of the high ground at the Peach Orchard helped General Lee rationalize ordering the tragic July 3 assault known as Pickett’s Charge. This richly detailed study is based on scores of primary accounts and a deep understanding of the terrain. The authors, both Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guides, combine the military aspects of the fighting with human interest stories, in a balanced treatment of the bloody attack and defense of Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard.

The Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 written by John Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Peach Orchard

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Peach Orchard written by John Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, July 2, L863 by John Bigelow, first published in 1910, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Sickles at Gettysburg

Author : James A. Hessler
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611210453
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Sickles at Gettysburg written by James A. Hessler and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sickles is as dividing a figure in Civil War history as there is. In his masterful work . . . Hessler . . . puts him out there with all his wrinkles” (Confederate Book Review). Winner of the Robert E. Lee Civil War Roundtable of Central New Jersey’s Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award Winner of the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable’s Distinguished Book Award By licensed battlefield guide James Hessler, this is the most deeply-researched, full-length biography to appear on this remarkable American icon. No individual who fought at Gettysburg was more controversial, both personally and professionally, than Major General Daniel E. Sickles. By 1863, Sickles was notorious as a disgraced former Congressman who murdered his wife’s lover on the streets of Washington and used America’s first temporary insanity defense to escape justice. With his political career in ruins, Sickles used his connections with President Lincoln to obtain a prominent command in the Army of the Potomac’s 3rd Corps—despite having no military experience. At Gettysburg, he openly disobeyed orders in one of the most controversial decisions in military history. Hessler’s critically acclaimed biography is a balanced and entertaining account of Sickles colorful life. Civil War enthusiasts who want to understand General Sickles’ scandalous life, Gettysburg’s battlefield strategies, the in-fighting within the Army of the Potomac, and the development of today’s National Park will find Sickles at Gettysburg a must-read. “The few other Sickles biographies available will now take a back seat to Hessler’s powerful and evocative study of the man, the general, and the legacy of the Gettysburg battlefield that old Dan left America. I highly recommend this book.”—J. David Petruzzi, coauthor of Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart’s Controversial Ride to Gettysburg

The Second Day at Gettysburg

Author : David Schultz
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611210755
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The Second Day at Gettysburg written by David Schultz and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Emphasize[s] the role of Winfield Scott Hancock . . . [and] the Second Corps in plugging the gap and saving the day for the Union.” —Gettysburg Magazine On the afternoon of July 2, 1863, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet struck the Union left flank with a massive blow that collapsed Dan Sickles’ advanced position in the Peach Orchard and rolled northward, tearing open a large gap in the center of the Federal line on Cemetery Ridge. Fresh Confederates from A. P. Hill’s Corps advanced toward the mile-wide breach, where Southern success would split the Army of the Potomac in two. The fate of the Battle of Gettysburg hung in the balance. Despite the importance of the position, surprisingly few Union troops were available to defend Cemetery Ridge. Major General Winfield S. Hancock’s veteran Second Corps had been whittled from three divisions to less than one after Gibbon’s division was sucked into earlier fighting and Caldwell’s command was shattered in the Wheatfield. With little time and few men, Hancock determined to plug the yawning gap. Reprising Horatio at the Bridge, the gallant commander cobbled together various commands and refused to yield the precious acres in Plum Run ravine. The swirling seesaw fighting lasted for hours and included hand-to-hand combat and personal heroics of which legends are made. The Second Day at Gettysburg expands on David Shultz and David Wieck’s critically acclaimed earlier work The Battle Between the Farm Lanes. This completely revised and expanded study, which includes new photographs, original maps, and a self-guided tour of the fighting, is grounded in extensive research and unmatched personal knowledge of the terrain.

The Peach Orchard; Gettysburg, July 2, L863

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230431826
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Peach Orchard; Gettysburg, July 2, L863 written by John Bigelow and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... map no. 6 relief map included in Report to Secretary of War of Gettysburg National Park Commission Sept. 7, 1910. showing Deep Black Line: Proposed Hunt Avenue, located in the rear of Cemetery Hill, where no Batteries were "in position" and far from where the Reserve Artillery was parked, (vide Commission's Report, Sept. 7, 1910.) Dotted Line: Granite School House Road along which the Reserve Artillery was parked. General Tyler, Commanding Artillery Reserves had lis Headquarters on the Taneytown Road, across ft on where the Granite School House Road enters it, vide Map 7. Light Colored Line: Trostle Lane an Exclusively Artillery Battle Avenue, now misnamed United States Avenue, which should be changed to Hunt Avenue in order to suitably honor the Artillery Corpr. The name of "McGilvery Avenue," instead tf United States Avenue, is only waived to honor the Artillery Corps and its Chief, General Hunt. Colonel McGilvery, by his Second Line of Artillery, between 6 and 7:15 P. M. July 2,1863, without Infantry support, undoubtedly rendered great service in saving General Meade's line of battle After The Third Corps had left the field. relief map of the gettysburg battlefield made by the united states commission co L.john P.nicholson chairman lt. col. E.B. cope engineer (with enclosures) refusing to grant the request, contained in your

A Firm Determination to Do Or Die

Author : Gary Schreckengost
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781615469406
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book A Firm Determination to Do Or Die written by Gary Schreckengost and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, if not the turning point, not because the Federal Army of the Potomac won the battle, but because it simply did not lose; because General Robert E. Lee, commander of the famous Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, did not win. Make no mistake about it, Lee went north into Pennsylvania to destroy President Lincoln's main army of operations, the Army of the Potomac, and then swing south to surround Washington, D.C., the Federal capital, hoping it would lead to a negotiated settlement that finally recognized Southern independence from the United States. In this, Lee came close. I have created a historically accurate yet fictitious character around John Tricker, an actual member of the famous 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Collis's Philadelphia Zouaves) to help tell a small but significant part of the story of this fateful campaign. The Philadelphia Zouaves, along with several other Federal regiments, held the very center of the Union line at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, at a place that we now famously call "The Peach Orchard." Although John Tricker and his brother, Alfred, were actual members of Company B, 114th Pennsylvania, I know little to nothing about them. I don't think anyone today does. I have simply combined my historical knowledge with my own combat experiences in Fallujah, Iraq, as an Iraqi Army advisor from 2005-06, to try to bring the desperate fight for the Peach Orchard Salient more to life for the average reader by using Sergeant John Tricker as a vehicle. I hope you enjoy the book and are inspired to read more about the Gettysburg Campaign and the Civil War in general.

Gettysburg--The First Day

Author : Harry W. Pfanz
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807898406
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Gettysburg--The First Day written by Harry W. Pfanz and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For good reason, the second and third days of the Battle of Gettysburg have received the lion's share of attention from historians. With this book, however, the critical first day's fighting finally receives its due. After sketching the background of the Gettysburg campaign and recounting the events immediately preceding the battle, Harry Pfanz offers a detailed tactical description of events of the first day. He describes the engagements in McPherson Woods, at the Railroad Cuts, on Oak Ridge, on Seminary Ridge, and at Blocher's Knoll, as well as the retreat of Union forces through Gettysburg and the Federal rally on Cemetery Hill. Throughout, he draws on deep research in published and archival sources to challenge many long-held assumptions about the battle.

The Peach Orchard

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The Peach Orchard written by John Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (842 download)

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Download or read book The Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 written by John Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781375616744
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 written by John Bigelow and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-20 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hallowed Ground

Author : James M. McPherson
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 076034776X
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Hallowed Ground written by James M. McPherson and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fully illustrated edition of "Hallowed Ground," James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Battle Cry of Freedom," and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks readers through the Gettysburg battlefield-the site of the most consequential battle of the Civil War.

Don't Give an Inch

Author : Daniel T. Davis
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 161121226X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Don't Give an Inch written by Daniel T. Davis and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2016-06-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vividly detailed Civil War history reveals many of the incredible true stories behind the legendary sites of the Gettysburg battlefield. Having unexpectedly been thrust into command of the Army of the Potomac only three days earlier, General George Gordon Meade was caught by a much harsher surprise when the Confederate Army of North Virginia launched a bold invasion northward. Outside the small college town of Gettysburg, the lead elements of Meade’s army were suddenly under attack. By nightfall, they were forced to take a lodgment on high ground south of town. There, they fortified—and waited. “Don’t give an inch, boys!” one Federal commander told his men. The next day, July 2, 1863, would be one of the Civil War’s bloodiest. With names that have become legendary—Little Round Top, Devil’s Den, the Peach Orchard, the Wheatfield, Culp’s Hill—the second day at Gettysburg encompasses some of the best-known engagements of the Civil War. Yet those same stories have also become shrouded in mythology and misunderstanding. In Don’t Give an Inch, Emerging Civil War historians Chris Mackowski and Daniel T. Davis peel back the layers to share the real and often-overlooked stories of that fateful summer day.

The Peach Orchard

Author : John Bigelow
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781293816431
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Peach Orchard written by John Bigelow and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Confrontation at Gettysburg

Author : John David Hoptak
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614237816
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Confrontation at Gettysburg written by John David Hoptak and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A clear and concise telling” of America’s most famous battle. “[Hoptak] has crafted a narrative that is similar to a well led tour of the battlefield” (Civil War Librarian). Fought on the first three days of July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was one of the largest and by far the bloodiest of the Civil War. Yet the importance of this great conflagration cannot be measured in numbers alone, for Gettysburg also represented a pivotal moment in the war. The battle ended General Robert E. Lee’s second invasion of Union soil, and never again did a Confederate army reach that far north. Join historian John Hoptak as he narrates the fierce action between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac at such places as McPherson’s Ridge, the Railroad Cut, the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Devil’s Den, Little Round Top and on Culp’s and Cemetery Hills. “His expertise comes through loud and clear in his energetic prose, combining narrative and analysis in a book that enlightens novices without boring more experienced readers.” —Historynet.com

Chancellorsville Staff Ride: Briefing Book [Illustrated Edition]

Author : Ted Ballard
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782898565
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Chancellorsville Staff Ride: Briefing Book [Illustrated Edition] written by Ted Ballard and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than 20 maps, diagrams and illustrations Although "Fighting Joe" Hooker skillfully executes a well-conceived plan and out-flanks his adversary, months of offensive planning are shelved as he suddenly orders his army on the defensive. Lee seizes the initiative and achieves what has often been called his most brilliant victory. How could this happen when Hooker's army outnumbers that of Lee 2 to 1 and is far superior in artillery and logistics? Answers to these and other questions concerning leadership, communications, use of terrain, and the psychology of men in battle, are often found by personal reconnaissance of the battlefield. This book offers a staff ride briefing of Chancellorsville. Since 1906 staff rides have been used to in the education of U.S. Army officers to narrow the gap between peacetime training and war.