Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership.Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership. Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. (Kent, Ohio Kent is a city in Portage County, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 census, making it the county's largest city. Kent is home to the main campus of Kent State University. Nearby metropolitan areas include Akron, Cleveland, Canton, and Youngstown-Warren. , and London: Kent State University Press, c. 1999. Pp. xiv, 373. $35.00, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-87338-629-9.) Gettysburg stands as the most studied event of the Civil War and the July 1-3, 1863, battle's popularity among scholars and buffs shows no sign of abating. That Gary Gallagher originally intended to produce three separate volumes on the subject affirms its significance. He successfully completed the first two collections in 1992 and 1993, but, as Gallagher confesses, the final book "languished because of my tendency to take on too many commitments" (p. ix). He has opted instead to combine nine previously published essays with four new ones and to present this single volume. Three Days at Gettysburg investigates varying issues of leadership and command in both armies. In his introduction Gallagher explains that the showdown between Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. and George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac This article is about the Union army. For the Confederate army of the same name, see Army of the Potomac (Confederate). The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. was their "defining moment." He adds that "neither organization was ever quite the same again" (p. x). The book is divided into three parts. Part one contains four essays, including three that deal with the Confederates on the first day. Alan T. Nolan takes Lee to task for choosing to move into Pennsylvania, and he is equally critical of Lee's decision-making on July 1. Gallagher assesses the uneven performances of A. P. Hill and Richard S. Ewell Richard Stoddert Ewell (February 8, 1817 – January 25, 1872) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. but concludes that neither man deserved the harsh censure that they received after the Confederate defeat. Robert K. Krick describes failed performances by three brigadier generals on Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959. that contrasted with the Confederacy's great strategic success on July 1. In the section's only piece on Union leadership the first day, A. Wilson Greene defends O. O. Howard and his 11th Corps for redeeming their soiled reputations after Chancellorsville. Part two contains two chapters on Confederate topics and three devoted to the Union side. Gallagher returns in this section to explain Lee's decision to stay and fight on July 2, and Krick to chastise chas·tise tr.v. chas·tised, chas·tis·ing, chas·tis·es 1. To punish, as by beating. See Synonyms at punish. 2. To criticize severely; rebuke. 3. Archaic To purify. Longstreet's behavior. Greene also makes a second appearance, this time to discuss the indecisive in·de·ci·sive adj. 1. Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute: an indecisive manager. 2. Inconclusive: an indecisive contest; an indecisive battle. role of Henry Slocum and his 12th Corps. William Glenn Robertson strives to offer a balanced look at Daniel Sickles, one of the war's most colorful personalities and a leading player on the second day. D. Scott Hartwig drops down to the division level to examine the admirable abilities of John C. Caldwell John Curtis Caldwell (April 17, 1833 – August 31, 1912) was a teacher, a Union general in the American Civil War, and an American diplomat. Early life Caldwell was born in Lowell, Vermont. . Part three closes the collection with the four previously unpublished essays. Richard A. Sauers praises Meade's leadership on July 3 and his decision not to counterattack Attacking an attacker. Even though a criminal hacker or other agent is attempting to penetrate a security perimeter or damage systems, the counterattack must not violate applicable laws. Lee after Pickett's Charge. Carol Reardon, drawing from her valuable book on the mythology of Pickett's Charge, shows that Pickett's Virginians never swayed from their positive view of Longstreet, despite the Lee cult's postwar condemnation of their corps commander. Peter S. Carmichael documents the failings of Lee's artillery on the third day and casts blame on William Pendleton. Gary M. Kross concludes the section with another look at artillery, this time at Federal Brigadier General Henry J. Hunt and the artilleryman's conviction that Winfield S. Hancock mishandled orders and prevented Hunt's gunners from stopping Pickett's Charge from ever making it to Cemetery Ridge. Taken as a whole, Three Days at Gettysburg is a well-written, wide-ranging collection. Some authors utilize new evidence; others present different answers to familiar questions. This book not only adds to our knowledge of the war; it also strengthens the battle's position as vitally important, not just for its strategic significance, but also for its role in many postwar controversies. Lee, Longstreet, Sickles, Ewell, and Meade, and many others found Gettysburg to be the turning point in their Civil War careers if not their lives: like the armies they led, they would never quite be the same. LESLEY J. GORDON University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a |
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