SICKLES AT GETTYSBURG: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg

Hessler, James A.

ISBN 10: 1932714847 / ISBN 13: 9781932714845

Verlag: Savas Beatie, New York, 2010

Beschreibung

(2010), 490pp, illus., light soiling to cover, cover laminate is starting to bubble at edge, coffee stains to pg edges, contents clean & unmarked.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 24-1480

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: SICKLES AT GETTYSBURG: The Controversial Civil War General Who Committed Murder, Abandoned Little Round Top, and Declared Himself the Hero of Gettysburg
• Verlag: Savas Beatie, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1932714847
• ISBN-13: 9781932714845
• Einband: Trade Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good -
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

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Inhaltsangabe

Now available in paperback, Sickles at Gettysburg, by licensed battlefield guide James Hessler, is the most deeply researched, full-length biography to appear on this remarkable American icon. And it is long overdue. No individual who fought at Gettysburg was more controversial than Major General Sickles. By 1863, Sickles was notorious as a disgraced former Congressman who murdered his wife’s lover on the streets of Washington and used America’s first temporary insanity defence to escape justice. With his political career in ruins, Sickles used his connections with President Lincoln to obtain a prominent command in the Army of the Potomac’s Third Corps, despite having no military experience. At Gettysburg, he openly disobeyed orders in one of the most controversial decisions in military history. No single action dictated the battlefield strategies of Robert E. Lee more than Sickles’unauthorised advance to the Peach Orchard, and the mythic defence of Little Round Top might have occurred quite differently were it not for General Sickles. Fighting heroically, Sickles lost his leg on the field and thereafter worked to remove General Meade from command of the army. Sickles spent the remainder of his checkered life declaring himself the true hero of Gettysburg. About the Author James A. Hessler is a native of Buffalo, NY, he resides in Gettysburg with his wife and children.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

James A. Hessler works in the financial services industry and is a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park. He has taught Sickles and Gettysburg-related courses for Harrisburg Area Community College and the Gettysburg Foundation. In addition to writing articles for publication, Hessler speaks regularly at Civil War Round Tables. A native of Buffalo, NY, he resides in Gettysburg with his wife and children.