Название: Pickett's Charge: A New Look at Gettysburg's Final Attack
Автор: Ph.D. Phillip Thomas Tucker
Издательство: Skyhorse Publishing
ISBN: 1634507967
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 520
Размер: 6,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
The Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil Wars turning point, produced over 57,000 casualties, the largest number from the entire war that was itself Americas bloodiest conflict. On the third day of fierce fighting, Robert E. Lees attempt to invade the North came to a head in Picketts Charge. The infantry assault, consisting of nine brigades of soldiers in a line that stretched for over a mile, resulted in casualties of over 50 percent for the Confederates and a huge psychological blow to Southern morale.