The Long Road to Gettysburg
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| Author(s) | Jim Murphy |
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| Publisher | Clarion Books |
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| A description of the Battle of Gettysburg as seen through the eyes of nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. | |
This well-written text describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, as seen through the eyes of two actual participants - nineteen year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. This outstanding resource contains drawings, archival photographs, engravings, and maps that evoke the hardships and anxieties of battle preparation, the long days of fighting, and the treatment of wounded and dead soldiers.
