PDF Decisive Battles of the Western World and Their Influence Upon History: From the Defeat of the Spanish Armada to Waterloo v. 2 by J. F. C. Fuller in History

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In July 1863 the invading Army of Northern Virginia; confident from its victory at Chancellorsville; unexpectedly encountered the Army of the Potomac; still without a general Lincoln could trust; at a small town in Pennsylvania. And there; among the verdant hills; rich fields; and sparkling brooks around Gettysburg; the two armies slaughtered each other in fearful numbers. My Enemy; My Brother is a remarkable re-creation of that battle; told not as military strategists have told it; but the way soldiers; doctors; shopkeepers; farmers; and wives lived it. Drawn from the letters; diaries; and memoirs of the people at Gettysburg; Persico's powerful work chronicles the passions and beliefs; the day-to-day routines; the pain and the terror of those caught up in the epic conflict that; for thousands; became their last role on earth.