Soon after the failed Confederate assault on the third day at Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee told General George E. Pickett that, despite the defeat, "the men and officers of your command have written the name of Virginia as high today as ever it has been written before." Like Lee, Walter Harrison--inspector general for the division--admired the gallantry of the men with whom he served and sought to honor them. To that end he wrote this history of his division, the only book by a participant devoted to one of the more ...
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Soon after the failed Confederate assault on the third day at Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee told General George E. Pickett that, despite the defeat, "the men and officers of your command have written the name of Virginia as high today as ever it has been written before." Like Lee, Walter Harrison--inspector general for the division--admired the gallantry of the men with whom he served and sought to honor them. To that end he wrote this history of his division, the only book by a participant devoted to one of the more famous large units in the Army of Northern Virginia. Harrison knew his unit inside and out and vividly recounts the many important campaigns and battles in which it saw heavy action--including Seven Pines, Seven Days, Fredericksburg, the siege of Suffolk, and Gettysburg. Originally published in 1870, before the Lost Cause controversialists dramatically shaped the literature, Harrison's narrative is restrained and dependable. His willingness to criticize generals and politicians makes his portraits of Pickett, Lewis A. Armistead, Richard B. Garnett, James L. Kemper, Montgomery D. Corse, and others less renowned balanced, revealing, and often moving. Even Lee himself comes under close scrutiny. Now widely available for the first time, Pickett's Men is rewarding reading for Civil War scholars and enthusiasts.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0913419109. A few little smudges to jacket.; Introduction by Gary Gallagher, jacket now in a clear protector; 214 pages.
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Fine Condition in Fine jacket. Facs. rpt of 1870 ed Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. The publication date given above is an estimate only, there being no date given in the book. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Civil War Era; ISBN: 0942211618. ISBN/EAN: 9780942211610. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 15175.
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8vo. Green cloth and gilt, dust jacket. xxxi, 214pp, 36pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Date inked on front pastedown. Facsimile of the scarce 1870 first edition; includes reprint of a catalogue of military and naval books published by D. Van Nostrand in 1870.