Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg

by Troy D. Harman

Overview

For almost 100 years, analysis of the Gettysburg Campaign has centered around an oversimplified view of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's goals for the battle. Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg presents a provocative new theory regarding Lee's true tactical objectives during this pivotal battle of the American Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811741019
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	07/01/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Troy D. Harman has been a National Park Service Ranger since 1984. His assignments have included historical interpretation at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Parks, and, since 1989, Gettysburg National Military Park. This is his first book.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

List of Maps ix

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Why Lee Targeted Cemetery Hill 9

Chapter 2 The Hours before the Second Day 19

Chapter 3 The Importance of Little Round Top 25

Chapter 4 Why Little Round Top Was Not Lee's Objective 35

Chapter 5 Lee's Plan to Converge His Forces 41

Chapter 6 Why Lee Failed on Day Two 49

Chapter 7 "The General Plan Was Unchanged" 63

Chapter 8 Day Three: Pickett's Charge 69

Chapter 9 A Reassessment of Pickett's Charge 85

Chapter 10 Who Directed Pickett's Charge? 105

Conclusion 113

Notes 123

Bibliography 137

Index 145