Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: General Joseph Davis' Account of Gettysburg and the Pennsylvania Campaign (Illustrated)
Joseph Robert Davis (January 12, 1825 – September 15, 1896) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and nephew of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. His troops played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Brigadier General Davis commanded an infantry brigade consisting of 2nd, 11th, 42nd Mississippi, and the 55th North Carolina in and around the Confederate capitol of Richmond and southeast Virginia. In the late spring of 1863, his brigade was assigned to Heth's Division, Third Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
On July 1, 1863, Heth's Division encountered Union cavalry outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Davis's Brigade was the second Confederate brigade committed to the fight that day. Sending in all of his regiments except the 11th Mississippi, General Davis allowed two of his regiments to become trapped in an unfinished railroad cut that was too deep for the men to use as a trench (around 20 feet deep at the deepest). The two regiments suffered many men wounded and captured by the Army of the Potomac’s Iron Brigade, most notably the 6th Wisconsin regiment led by Rufus Dawes. The remnants of Davis's Brigade rested through the July 2 fighting, but were ordered into action again on July 3. Davis led his brigade through the devastating assault known as Pickett's Charge. Davis's Brigade suffered 289 dead, 677 wounded, 67+ missing/captured for 44.7% loss.
A month after the campaign ended, Davis submitted his account of the Pennsylvania Campaign, and it was preserved in The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. This edition of his official account includes illustrations and maps of the campaign, as well as pictures of the important commanders of the battle.
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Brigadier General Davis commanded an infantry brigade consisting of 2nd, 11th, 42nd Mississippi, and the 55th North Carolina in and around the Confederate capitol of Richmond and southeast Virginia. In the late spring of 1863, his brigade was assigned to Heth's Division, Third Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
On July 1, 1863, Heth's Division encountered Union cavalry outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Davis's Brigade was the second Confederate brigade committed to the fight that day. Sending in all of his regiments except the 11th Mississippi, General Davis allowed two of his regiments to become trapped in an unfinished railroad cut that was too deep for the men to use as a trench (around 20 feet deep at the deepest). The two regiments suffered many men wounded and captured by the Army of the Potomac’s Iron Brigade, most notably the 6th Wisconsin regiment led by Rufus Dawes. The remnants of Davis's Brigade rested through the July 2 fighting, but were ordered into action again on July 3. Davis led his brigade through the devastating assault known as Pickett's Charge. Davis's Brigade suffered 289 dead, 677 wounded, 67+ missing/captured for 44.7% loss.
A month after the campaign ended, Davis submitted his account of the Pennsylvania Campaign, and it was preserved in The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. This edition of his official account includes illustrations and maps of the campaign, as well as pictures of the important commanders of the battle.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: General Joseph Davis' Account of Gettysburg and the Pennsylvania Campaign (Illustrated)
Joseph Robert Davis (January 12, 1825 – September 15, 1896) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and nephew of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. His troops played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Brigadier General Davis commanded an infantry brigade consisting of 2nd, 11th, 42nd Mississippi, and the 55th North Carolina in and around the Confederate capitol of Richmond and southeast Virginia. In the late spring of 1863, his brigade was assigned to Heth's Division, Third Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
On July 1, 1863, Heth's Division encountered Union cavalry outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Davis's Brigade was the second Confederate brigade committed to the fight that day. Sending in all of his regiments except the 11th Mississippi, General Davis allowed two of his regiments to become trapped in an unfinished railroad cut that was too deep for the men to use as a trench (around 20 feet deep at the deepest). The two regiments suffered many men wounded and captured by the Army of the Potomac’s Iron Brigade, most notably the 6th Wisconsin regiment led by Rufus Dawes. The remnants of Davis's Brigade rested through the July 2 fighting, but were ordered into action again on July 3. Davis led his brigade through the devastating assault known as Pickett's Charge. Davis's Brigade suffered 289 dead, 677 wounded, 67+ missing/captured for 44.7% loss.
A month after the campaign ended, Davis submitted his account of the Pennsylvania Campaign, and it was preserved in The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. This edition of his official account includes illustrations and maps of the campaign, as well as pictures of the important commanders of the battle.
Brigadier General Davis commanded an infantry brigade consisting of 2nd, 11th, 42nd Mississippi, and the 55th North Carolina in and around the Confederate capitol of Richmond and southeast Virginia. In the late spring of 1863, his brigade was assigned to Heth's Division, Third Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
On July 1, 1863, Heth's Division encountered Union cavalry outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Davis's Brigade was the second Confederate brigade committed to the fight that day. Sending in all of his regiments except the 11th Mississippi, General Davis allowed two of his regiments to become trapped in an unfinished railroad cut that was too deep for the men to use as a trench (around 20 feet deep at the deepest). The two regiments suffered many men wounded and captured by the Army of the Potomac’s Iron Brigade, most notably the 6th Wisconsin regiment led by Rufus Dawes. The remnants of Davis's Brigade rested through the July 2 fighting, but were ordered into action again on July 3. Davis led his brigade through the devastating assault known as Pickett's Charge. Davis's Brigade suffered 289 dead, 677 wounded, 67+ missing/captured for 44.7% loss.
A month after the campaign ended, Davis submitted his account of the Pennsylvania Campaign, and it was preserved in The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. This edition of his official account includes illustrations and maps of the campaign, as well as pictures of the important commanders of the battle.
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| BN ID: | 2940013013971 |
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| Publisher: | Charles River Editors |
| Publication date: | 09/09/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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