35 Days to Gettysburg

By Mark Nesbitt

Book Overview

This is the story of two youthful combatants caught up in one of the most famous and important campaigns in all history. After two years of war and thirty-five days of intense marching along a hundred miles of hot summer roads, Thomas Ware, a Confederate soldier from rural Georgia, and Franklin Horner, a Union soldier from the coal country of Pennsylvania, end up fighting on virtually the same battlefield at Gettysburg. En route to that fateful day, both make daily entries in small, leather-bound diaries they carry. They write about what's important to them-receiving mail, writing letters, having something to eat, surviving combat. Historian Mark Nesbitt places the entries into the larger context of the war and amplifies the diarists's commentary.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811725782
• ISBN13: 9780811725781
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for new and established civil war "junkies"

This was the second book I read on the subject of the civil war. The personal perspective added to my endless interest. There is little to add to what has been said other than this is a DO NOT MISS READ! Absolutely READ THIS BOOK! I could not put this book down when I read it...

An up-close and personal a view of America's deadliest war

35 Days To Gettysburg: The Campaign Diaries Of Two American Enemies by Civil War enthusiast Mark Nesbitt features the daily journal entries of two ordinary soldiers caught up in the American Civil War: Thomas Lewis Ware, a Confederate from rural Georgia; and Franklin Horner, a Union soldier from Pennsylvania coal land. Their various perspectives and recorded experiences (sometimes conflicting, sometimes all too parallel), lead up to one of the bloodiest battles in the entire four year conflict, are vividly recounted with meticulous notes and a comprehensive index in this truly fascinating compilation. 35 Days To Gettysburg is a superbly presented primary source offering an up-close and personal a view of America's deadliest war, and a truly welcome and much appreciated contribution to the growing library of American Civil War studies.

35 Days to Gettysburg

I really liked this book. This book is great for people who like history. This book is about two men and their diaries. The book is also about the battle of Gettysburg.