{"product_id":"voices-from-gettysburg-letters-papers-and-memoirs-from-the-greatest-battle-of-the-civil-war-hardcover","title":"Voices from Gettysburg: Letters, Papers, and Memoirs from the Greatest Battle of the Civil War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen C. Guelzo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe voices of those who witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath with their own eyes - who saw the bloodshed, heard its din, trembled in its crash, struggled with its aftermath - are collected for the first time by Allen C. Guelzo, America's foremost Civil War scholar, in this moving and sobering oral history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis treasure trove of original documents - many never-before published - creates a uniquely personal, day-by-day eyewitness account of the monumental collision at Gettysburg, in the words of the commanders, soldiers, politicians, and civilians from both the North and the South who experienced firsthand the changing course of the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree pivotal days in 1863 - July 1st through July 3rd - marked the beginning of the end of the Civil War. While the audible voices of those who experienced it first-hand in that crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania have been lost to history, their words live on in \u003ci\u003eVoices from Gettysburg. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGathering a treasure trove of powerful, rare, and haunting original documents, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo presents a uniquely readable and intimate oral history of the Civil War's turning point. We hear from a Union staff officer, a Confederate amputee, artilleryman, a sympathetic Northern woman, a Union prisoner-of-war, Union colonels and Confederate generals, a drummer boy, a fearful college student, those who orchestrated the Battle of Gettysburg, those who survived it, and those who would perish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith introductions from Guelzo, a detailed order of battle, and comprehensive list of every unit that fought, each of these original maps, personal letters, excerpts from forgotten memoirs, and more never-before-published documents offers an unprecedented narrative of the Great Rebellion and the impetus for Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - in the authentic words of fire, blood, and smoke by those who saw the battle, heard its din, trembled in its crash, and struggled with its aftermath.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllen C. Guelzo \u003c\/b\u003eis a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author, senior research scholar in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University, and the director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship for Princeton's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. His acclaimed nonfiction books about the Civil War and early nineteenth-century American history, include \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eGettysburg: The Last Invasion\u003c\/i\u003e (Knopf), \u003ci\u003eRobert E. Lee: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Knopf), \u003ci\u003eReconstruction: A Concise History\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press), and \u003ci\u003eRedeeming the Great Emancipator\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard University Press). He is a three-time recipient of the Lincoln Prize and many other honors, including the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Military History and \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Year. He lives in Pennsylvania. Learn more at AllenGuelzo.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.21 x 9.31 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52761730253133,"sku":"9780806543383","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/X3ns8Y9hQb9780806543383.webp?v=1763005832","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/voices-from-gettysburg-letters-papers-and-memoirs-from-the-greatest-battle-of-the-civil-war-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}