Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg

by Harman, Troy D.

• ISBN13: 9780811700542
• ISBN10: 0811700542
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

For almost 100 years, analysis of the Gettysburg Campaign has been centered around a set of commonly held beliefs, among them an oversimplified view of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's goals for the battle. Author and Gettysburg National Military Park historian Troy D. Harman believes this view is misinformed. Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg presents a provocative new theory regarding Lee's true tactical objectives during this pivotal battle of the American Civil War.

Author Biography

Troy D. Harman has been a National Park Service Ranger since 1984. His assignments have included historical interpretation at Appomattox Court House N.H.P., Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania N.M.P., and, since 1989, Gettysburg N.M.P. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
List of Maps	ix
Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(8)
CHAPTER 1: Why Lee Targeted Cemetery Hill	9	(10)
CHAPTER 2: The Hours before the Second Day	19	(6)
CHAPTER 3: The Importance of Little Round Top	25	(10)
CHAPTER 4: Why Little Round Top Was Not Lee's Objective	35	(6)
CHAPTER 5: Lee's Plan to Converge His Forces	41	(8)
CHAPTER 6: Why Lee Failed on Day Two	49	(14)
CHAPTER 7: "The General Plan Was Unchanged"	63	(6)
CHAPTER 8: Day Three: Pickett's Charge	69	(16)
CHAPTER 9: A Reassessment of Pickett's Charge	85	(20)
CHAPTER 10: Who Directed Pickett's Charge?	105	(8)
Conclusion	113	(10)
Notes	123	(14)
Bibliography	137	(8)
Index	145