Confrontation at Gettysburg: A Nation Saved, A Cause Lost

"A clear and concise telling" of America's most famous battle. "[Hoptak] has crafted a narrative that is similar to a well led tour of the battlefield" (Civil War Librarian).

Fought on the first three days of July 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was one of the largest and by far the bloodiest of the Civil War. Yet the importance of this great conflagration cannot be measured in numbers alone, for Gettysburg also represented a pivotal moment in the war. The battle ended General Robert E. Le...