Sickles at Gettysburg Sickles at Gettysburg

Sickles at Gettysburg

The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg

    • 75,00 kr

Udgiverens beskrivelse

“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 
 

GENRE
Historie
UDGIVET
2009
25. juni
SPROG
EN
Engelsk
SIDEANTAL
505
Sider
UDGIVER
Savas Beatie
STØRRELSE
7,6
MB
Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg
2015
Gettysburg's Peach Orchard Gettysburg's Peach Orchard
2019
"Stand to It and Give Them Hell" "Stand to It and Give Them Hell"
2014
"The Devil's to Pay" "The Devil's to Pay"
2014
Civil War Medicine Civil War Medicine
2019
The Cornfield The Cornfield
2020
A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution
2006
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
2000