Gettysburg Heroes: Perfect Soldiers, Hallowed Ground

by Glenn W. LaFantasie

Book Overview

The Civil War generation saw its world in ways startlingly different from our own. In these essays, Glenn W. LaFantasie examines the lives and experiences of several key personalities who gained fame during the war and after. The battle of Gettysburg is the thread that ties these Civil War lives together. Gettysburg was a personal turning point, though each person was affected differently. Largely biographical in its approach, the book captures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253350719
• ISBN13: 9780253350718
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher