Gettysburg: The Meade-Sickles Controversy

by Richard A. Sauers

Book Overview

On July 2, 1863, the second day of fighting at Gettysburg, Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, in a controversial interpretation of his orders, advanced his men beyond the established Union line, exposing his flanks to a potentially devastating Confederate attack. Shortly after being reprimanded by his commander, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, for endangering the entire Union Army, Sickles was hit by a cannonball. He returned to Washington, D.C., with his leg...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574887505
• ISBN13: 9781574887501
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"