In June of 1863, General Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvanis. They were fresh from a major victory in May over the Union's Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Virginia. There, Lee's army of 60,000 men had defeated General Hooker's Union force of 140,000 men, who were better fed, clothed, and equipped.
Now, Lee would take his army north and thus lure this same Union Army into another major battle. This time, the armies would fight on Northern soil. This time, Lee planned to destroy the Union force.
That confrontation took place on the hills surrounding a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg. There, the Union Army commanded the heights. If General Lee were to gain his victory here, his men would have to fight both the very steep hills and a numerically superior foe. Despite this, he chose to attack.
For three days, the armies struggled for control of the hills. But virtually no ground changed hands. The Union still dominated the heights around the town.
Late in the afternoon of the third day, July 3, Lee gambled on one final attack. Preceded by the most intense artillery bombardment of the war, he sent a division under General George Pickett to assault the very center of the Union line.
At the same time, he wanted the Confederate cavalry of General Jeb Stuart to attack this Union line from the rear.
Barring Stuart's way was the outnumbered Union cavalry of the Michigan Brigade.
An engrossing novel of a young boys trials, tribulations and achievements as he works his way through the Civil War years of the summer of 1862 to General Lee's surrender. The reader will be engaged as young Drieborg maneuvers through legal encounters and warring conflicts. An enjoyable read for all those that enjoy a good story.
- Robert N. Casey |
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