Gettysburg and Lee's Escape to Virginia

by Donald S. Lowry

Gettysburg is the most written-about battle in American history, and yet new interpretations of what happened there have recently taken root. As this work explains, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was fixated on capturing Cemetery Hill, the high ground just southeast of the town, but he misunderstood the position of the Union line of defense. In three days of attacks, Lee lost a third of his veteran infantrymen - the heart of his army - and expended...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1533262764
• ISBN13: 9781533262769
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"