Custer at Gettysburg (ePub)
A New Look at George Armstrong Custer versus Jeb Stuart in the Battle's Climactic Cavalry Charges
(Sprache: Englisch)
"A mosaic of thousands of tiny pieces that, seen whole, amounts to a fascinating picture of what probably was the most important moment of the Civil War." -Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times bestselling author of The Generals
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"A mosaic of thousands of tiny pieces that, seen whole, amounts to a fascinating picture of what probably was the most important moment of the Civil War." -Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times bestselling author of The Generals
George Armstrong Custer is famous for his fatal defeat at the Little Bighorn in 1876, but Custer's baptism of fire came during the Civil War. His true rise to prominence began at Gettysburg in 1863.
On the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg, Custer received promotion to brigadier general and command-his first direct field command-of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, the "Wolverines." Custer did not disappoint his superiors, who promoted him in a search for more aggressive cavalry officers. At approximately noon on July 3, 1863, the melee that was East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg began. An hour or two into the battle, after many of his cavalrymen had been reduced to hand-to-hand infantry-style fighting, Custer ordered a charge of one of his regiments and led it into action himself, screaming one of the battle's most famous lines: "Come on, you Wolverines!" Around three o'clock, the Confederates led by Stuart mounted a final charge, which mowed down Union cavalry-until it ran into Custer's Wolverines, who stood firm, breaking the Confederates' last attack.
In a book combining two popular subjects, Tucker recounts the story of Custer at Gettysburg with verve, shows how the Custer legend was born on the fields of the war's most famous battle, and offers eye-opening new perspectives on Gettysburg's overlooked cavalry battle.
"A thoughtful and challenging new look at the great assault at Gettysburg . . . Tucker is fresh and bold in his analysis and use of sources." -William C. Davis, author of Crucible of Command
George Armstrong Custer is famous for his fatal defeat at the Little Bighorn in 1876, but Custer's baptism of fire came during the Civil War. His true rise to prominence began at Gettysburg in 1863.
On the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg, Custer received promotion to brigadier general and command-his first direct field command-of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, the "Wolverines." Custer did not disappoint his superiors, who promoted him in a search for more aggressive cavalry officers. At approximately noon on July 3, 1863, the melee that was East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg began. An hour or two into the battle, after many of his cavalrymen had been reduced to hand-to-hand infantry-style fighting, Custer ordered a charge of one of his regiments and led it into action himself, screaming one of the battle's most famous lines: "Come on, you Wolverines!" Around three o'clock, the Confederates led by Stuart mounted a final charge, which mowed down Union cavalry-until it ran into Custer's Wolverines, who stood firm, breaking the Confederates' last attack.
In a book combining two popular subjects, Tucker recounts the story of Custer at Gettysburg with verve, shows how the Custer legend was born on the fields of the war's most famous battle, and offers eye-opening new perspectives on Gettysburg's overlooked cavalry battle.
"A thoughtful and challenging new look at the great assault at Gettysburg . . . Tucker is fresh and bold in his analysis and use of sources." -William C. Davis, author of Crucible of Command
Autoren-Porträt von Phillip Thomas Tucker
By Phillip Thomas Tucker
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- Autor: Phillip Thomas Tucker
- 2023, 447 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
- ISBN-10: 0811768929
- ISBN-13: 9780811768924
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2023
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