Summon only the brave! : commanders, soldiers, and chaplains at Gettysburg /

Brinsfield, John Wesley,

Summon only the brave! : commanders, soldiers, and chaplains at Gettysburg / John W. Brinsfield, Jr. - 203 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index.

Order of battle for the Union and Confederate armies -- The long march: looking for an opportunity in Pennsylvania -- Catching up: the Union Army's forced march -- July 1, 1863: a meeting engagement escalates -- July 2, 1863: the bloodiest day -- July 3, 1863: the last desperate gamble -- July 4, 1863: prisoners of hope: the quick, the dead, and the exhausted -- Reflections: the commanders, the soldiers, the chaplains -- Appendix I: Rosters of the Union and Confederate chaplains at Gettysburg -- Appendix II: After the war: biographical notes on selected chaplains who served at Gettysburg.

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United States. Army --Chaplains--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army --Chaplains--History.
Confederate States of America. Army.
United States. Army.


1800-1899


Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Personal narratives.
Military chaplains--United States--Biography.
Military chaplains--Confederate States of America--Biography.
Bataille de Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Penns., 1863.
Bataille de Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Penns., 1863--
----Biographies.
----Biographies.
Armed Forces--Chaplains.
Chaplains.
Military chaplains.
War--Religious aspects.


United States--History--Chaplains.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Religious aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
--Histoire----
Pennsylvania--Gettysburg.
United States.
United States--Confederate States of America.


Biographies.
History.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.

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