Название: Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863
Автор: Scott Mingus
Издательство: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611210720
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 312
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 5,8 МБ
Язык: Английский
The Gettysburg Campaign has been examined in minute detail from nearly every aspect but one: the key role played by Richard Ewell's Second Corps during the final days in June. Scott Mingus's Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863 is the first in-depth study of these crucial summer days that not only shaped the course of the Gettysburg Campaign, but altered the course of our nation's history.
In two powerful columns, Ewell's Corps swept toward the strategically important Susquehanna River and the Pennsylvania capital looming beyond. Fear coursed through the local populace while Washington and Harrisburg scrambled to meet the threat. One of Ewell's columns included a veteran division under Jubal Early, whose objectives included the capture and ransom of towns and the destruction of railroad bridges and the Hanover Junction rail yard.