The Last to Fall: The 1922 March, Battles, & Deaths of U.S. Marines at Gettysburg

There’s more than one way to fight the Civil War.

The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg resulted in horrific slaughter that ultimately ended the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. But after the Allied victory of World War I in 1918, people began to wonder what if some of the post-world war military technology had been available to the armies during the American Civil War?

The marine officers who were debating these questions had the capability to test their theories. The purpose and results we...