Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg - Paperback

by Earl J. Hess (Author)

Sweeping away many of the myths that have long surrounded Pickett's Charge, Earl Hess offers the definitive history of the most famous military action of the Civil War. He transforms exhaustive research into a moving narrative account of the assault from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath, and legacy.

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Sweeping away many of the myths that shroud Pickett's Charge, Hess offers the definitive history of the most famous military action of the Civil War. He transforms exhaustive research into a moving narrative account of the assault from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath, and legacy.

Author Biography

Earl J. Hess is associate professor and chair in the Department of History at Lincoln Memorial University. He is author of several books on the Civil War, including In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat and Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign.