PDF The Fatal Knot: The Guerrilla War in Navarre and the Defeat of Napoleon in Spain by John Lawrence Tone in History

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For good reason; the second and third days of the Battle of Gettysburg have received the lion's share of attention from historians. With this book; however; the critical first day's fighting finally receives its due. After sketching the background of the Gettysburg campaign and recounting the events immediately preceding the battle; Harry Pfanz offers a detailed tactical description of events of the first day. He describes the engagements in McPherson Woods; at the Railroad Cuts; on Oak Ridge; on Seminary Ridge; and at Blocher's Knoll; as well as the retreat of Union forces through Gettysburg and the Federal rally on Cemetery Hill. Throughout; he draws on deep research in published and archival sources to challenge many long-held assumptions about the battle.