Gettysburg

Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award. This single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign draws on original source material, from soldiers letters to the Official Record of the war. Sears offers dramatic and informed accountsof every aspect of the campaign, from well-hewn portraits of the battle's leaders to detaled analyses of their strategies and tactics. He depicts General Meade's remarkable performance in his first week of army command and pinpoints General Lee's responsibility in the agonizing failure of the Conferderate army. A New York Times Notable Book; a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. Notes, Bibliography, Index. B&W illus. 623p.