THE SECOND DAY AT GETTYSBURG: July 2, 1863

Examines the second day of Gettysburg, detailing troop deployments, tactics, and battlefield actions under July heat. The second day at Gettysburg has defined what most Americans know today about 1863's most pivotal campaign in the Civil War's eastern theater. Two veteran armies in transition clashed desperately, in the process immortalizing sites such as Devil's Den, the Slaughter Pen, Little Round Top, The Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Cemetery Ridge, and Culp's Hill for all time. Not surprisingly, the drama produced a set of controversial and sometimes mythological characters whose names have become synonymous with the Gettysburg landscape: Longstreet, Barksdale, Hood, Hancock, Sickles, Greene, Chamberlain, and many more. Contains 100-120 photographs, artworks, and period maps.