35 days to Gettysburg : the campaign diaries of two American enemies by Nesbitt, Mark instant download

35 days to Gettysburg : the campaign diaries of two American enemies by Nesbitt, Mark instant download

1 online resource (ix, 208 pages) :, Nesbitt details the story of two youthful combatants caught up in one of the most famous and important campaigns in all history. After two years of war and thirty-five days of intense marching along a hundred miles of hot summer roads, Thomas Ware, a Confederate soldier from rural Georgia, and Franklin Horner, a Union soldier from the coal country of Pennsylvania, end up fighting on virtually the same battlefield at Gettysburg. En route to that fateful day, both make daily entries in small, leather-bound diaries they carry. They write about what's important to them-receiving mail, writing letters, having something to eat, surviving combat. Historian Mark Nesbitt places the entries into the larger context of the war and amplifies the diarists' commentary, Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index, Print version record, 35 Days To Gettysburg; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Monday, June 1; Tuesday 2; Wednesday, June 3, 1863; Thursday 4; Friday 5; Saturday, June 6, 1863; Sunday 7; Monday 8; Tuesday, June 9, 1863; Wednesday 10; Thursday 11; Friday, June 12, 1863; Saturday 13; Sunday 14; Monday, June 15, 1863; Tuesday 16; Wednesday 17; Thursday, June 18, 1863; Friday 19; Saturday 20; Sunday, June 21, 1863; Monday 22; Tuesday 23; Wednesday June 24, 1863; Thursday 25; Friday 26; Saturday, June 27, 1863; Sunday 28; Monday 29; Tuesday, June 30, 1863; Wednesday, July 1, 1863; Thursday 2; Friday, July 3, 1863, Saturday 4Sunday 5; Postbellum; Horner's March Route on Modern Highways; Ware's March Route on Modern Highways; The Effects of Casualties under the Civil War System of Recruiting; Bibliography; Index