Gettysburg-Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill

by Pfanz, Harry W.

• ISBN13: 9780807849965
• ISBN10: 0807849960
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, Gettysburg--The Second Day, Harry Pfanz provides the first definitive account of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill--two of the most critical engagements fought at Gettysburg on 2 and 3 July 1863. Pfanz provides detailed tactical accounts of each stage of the contest and explores the interactions between--and decisions made by--generals on both sides. In particular, he illuminates Confederate lieutenant general Richard S. Ewell's controversial decision not to attack Cemetery Hill after the initial southern victory on 1 July. Pfanz also explores other salient features of the fighting, including the Confederate occupation of the town of Gettysburg, the skirmishing in the south end of town and in front of the hills, the use of breastworks on Culp's Hill, and the small but decisive fight between Union cavalry and the Stonewall Brigade.

Author Biography

Harry W. Pfanz is author of Gettysburg -- The First Day and Gettysburg -- The Second Day. A lieutenant, field artillery, during World War II, he served for ten years as a historian at Gettysburg National Military Park and retired from the position of Chief Historian of the National Park Service in 1981

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Two Generals and Their Armies	1	(14)
The Only Position	15	(16)
Ewell and Howard Collide	31	(14)
Retreat to Cemetery Hill	45	(14)
The Rebels Take the Town	59	(12)
Ewell Hesitates	71	(17)
Slocum and Hancock Reach the Field	88	(18)
Getting Ready for the Fight	106	(23)
Skirmishers, Sharpshooters, and Civilians	129	(24)
Brinkerhoff's Ridge	153	(15)
The Artillery, 2 July	168	(22)
Blunder on the Right	190	(15)
Johnson Attacks!	205	(30)
Early Attacks Cemetery Hill	235	(28)
Cemetery Hill---The Repulse	263	(21)
Culp's Hill---Johnson's Assault, 3 July	284	(26)
The Last Attacks	310	(18)
Counterattacks near Spangler's Spring	328	(25)
3 July, Mostly Afternoon	353	(12)
Epilogue	365	(12)
Appendix A. Spangler's Spring	377	(2)
Appendix B. Two Controversies	379	(4)
Appendix C. Order of Battle: Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia, 1--3 July 1863	383	(24)
Notes	407	(64)
Bibliography	471	(18)
Index	489