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Waterloo And Gettysburg: A Campaign Comparison

2014-08-15 History
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Book Synopsis Waterloo And Gettysburg: A Campaign Comparison by : Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Teague

Download or read book Waterloo And Gettysburg: A Campaign Comparison written by Lieutenant-Colonel George E. Teague. This book was released on 2014-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June of 1815 Napoleon led French forces on an offensive campaign into Belgium against the Allied Anglo-Dutch and Prussian armies under Wellington and Blucher. During this campaign Napoleon and several of his marshals made serious errors that led to missed opportunities for victory and ultimately to defeat at Waterloo. Less than 50 years later Robert E. Lee led Confederate forces on an offensive campaign into Maryland and Pennsylvania against the Union Army under Hooker initially, then Meade. A meeting engagement near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania led to three days of fighting during which Lee and several of his generals made critical errors that allowed opportunities for victory to pass and ultimately led to decisive defeat. These campaigns were remarkably alike in a number of ways. This paper reviews the campaigns and discusses similarities in the strategic settings, campaign objectives, size and disposition of forces, battlefield terrain, tactics employed, and leadership of each army. In particular, the paper compares the performances of selected French and Confederate leaders and how they contributed to the defeat of their respective armies. These comparisons provide valuable lessons learned for the conduct of future military operations.

Waterloo and Gettysburg

2000 Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
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Book Synopsis Waterloo and Gettysburg by : George E. Teague

Download or read book Waterloo and Gettysburg written by George E. Teague. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Waterloo and Gettysburg

2000 Gettysburg Campaign, 1863
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Book Synopsis Waterloo and Gettysburg by : George E. Teague

Download or read book Waterloo and Gettysburg written by George E. Teague. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gettysburg Companion

2008 History
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Release : 2008
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Book Synopsis The Gettysburg Companion by : Mark Adkin

Download or read book The Gettysburg Companion written by Mark Adkin. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an extensive documentation of the most infamous chapter of the American Civil War, this magisterial resource has been acclaimed as the most comprehensive and definitive work on the battle of Gettysburg. After a prologue describing the Union defeat at Chancellorsville and the death of the Confederates' greatest general, "Stonewall" Jackson, this essential guide continues with the orders of battle--detailing diagrammatic form, unit strengths, commanders down to regimental and battery level, and casualties for all of the units engaged. From detailing the military and political command and control on both sides, the campaign leading up to the battle, the actual engagement, and decisive "highlights" such as the defense of Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge, this remarkable resource is a superbly illustrated and well-researched presentation that will engage and inform those intrigued by one of the most pivotal and revolutionary events in American history.

The Battle of Gettysburg

1886 Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
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Release : 1886
Genre : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
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Book Synopsis The Battle of Gettysburg by : Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris

Download or read book The Battle of Gettysburg written by Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris. This book was released on 1886. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The battle of Gettysburg was undoubtedly one of the greatest conflicts of modern times, not only from the number of combatants engaged and the desperate nature of the struggle, but because on the now classic heights of Cemetery Ridge, Culp's Hill, and the Round Tops the future of the American Republic, for weal or for woe, was fought and won on those memorable July days. As decisive in its character and far-reaching results as the Battle of Waterloo, like it, it has been the subject of endless controversy and military criticism, and has brought forth a multitude of books, pamphlets, and letters, most of which serve but to bewilder and 'darken visibly' the student of history. Fortunately, amid the din and confusion of bitter polemical warfare there is one historian to whom the general reader can turn with confidence -- one who has devoted to this battle years of patient study and untiring research, has critically examined all the official and unofficial documents, reports, and publications to be obtained from reliable sources on either side of the controversy, has thoughtfully sifted the evidence for every statement made, has consulted with the surviving officers of either army, and then, 'with malice toward on and charity for all, ' and with an impartiality rare even in a foreigner of his exalted position and pre-eminent ability, has sought and not in vain, to write truly the history of the greatest battle fought on American soil"--Publisher's pref.

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