![]() ![]() Often overlooked is the fact that until three days before Gettysburg General Joseph Hooker was still in charge of the Union army. Then Sears gets into the campaign preceding the main battle. The first couple chapters show where the Confederate and Union armies are at following the battle of Chancellorsville. Covering not just the three-day battle, but the campaign as a whole, Sears understandably has written a whopping 500-page book. Prior to Gettysburg, Sears did a great job tackling the Peninsular Campaign, Antietam, and Chancellorsville, the last of these being considered the definitive account of that battle. So the question is, what’s a good single book on the battle to check out? One answer is Stephen Sears’ simply titled Gettysburg. ![]() On the more extreme end there is literally a documentary about horses at Gettysburg and there are full-length books on small sections of the battle like the Railroad Cut. ![]() Some books only cover one of the three days of the battle, some books will focus on just one general or unit’s participation. The most well-known battle of the American Civil War, and seen as one of the great turning points, historians and history buffs cannot stop writing about it, and keep finding new sub-topics to the point of excess. At least hundreds of them have been focused on Gettysburg. There are plenty of books on the Civil War. ![]()
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