At the Forefront of Lee's Invasion (Hardcover)

Robert J. Wynstra

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, 2018

1606353543 / 9781606353547

Serie: Buch 5 von 9 - Civil War Soldiers and Strategies

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Hardcover. After clearing Virginias Shenandoah Valley of Federal troops, Gen. Robert E. Lees bold invasion into the North reached the Maryland shore of the Potomac River on June 15, 1863. A week later, the Confederate infantry crossed into lower Pennsylvania, where they had their first sustained interactions with the civilian population in a solidly pro-Union state. Most of the initial encounters with the people in the lush Cumberland Valley and the neighboring parts of the state involved the men from the Army of Northern Virginias famed Second Corps, commanded by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, who led the way as Lees veteran soldiers advanced north toward their eventual showdown with the Union army at the crossroads town ofGettysburg.The move to the North lasted for nearly a month and encompassed the major battle at Winchester, Virginia, with more than 5,000 casualties; five skirmishes with more than 100 men killed, wounded, and captured in each; and several other minor actions. Civilian property losses in the Northamounted to several million dollars. The interactions along the way further laid bare the enormous cultural gulf that separated the two sides in the war. As Robert Wynstra explains, Ewell and his top commanders constantly struggled to control the desire among the troops to seek retribution for what they perceived as Federal outrages in the South and to stop the plundering, working to maintain strict discipline in the army and uphold Southern honor.Despite the yearly flood of books on Gettysburg, the Confederate advance has been largely ignored. Most books devote only a few pages or a single short chapter to that aspect of the campaign. In this new study, Wynstra draws on an array of primary sources, including rare soldiers letters and eyewitness accounts published in local newspapers, manuscripts and diaries in small historical societies, and a trove of postwar damage claims from the invasion to fill in this vital gap in the historiography of the campaign. After clearing Virginia's Shenandoah Valley of Federal troops, Gen. Robert E. Lee's bold invasion into the North reached lower Pennsylvania in June 1863. The move to the North lasted for nearly a month. As Robert Wynstra explains, confederate commanders constantly struggled to control the desire among the troops to seek retribution for what they perceived as Federal outrages in the South. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titel
At the Forefront of Lee's Invasion (Hardcover)
Autor
Robert J. Wynstra
Verlag
Kent State University Press, Kent, OH
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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new
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Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1606353543
ISBN-13
9781606353547
Serie
Buch 5 von 9: Civil War Soldiers and Strategies

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