Timothy Orr

This work provides an authoritative illustrated examination of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, analysing both grand strategy and the tactical decisions of Day Two and the ensuing combat. July 2, 1863, was the bloodiest and most complicated of the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg. On this day, the clash involved five divisions of Confederate infantry...

This first volume of three discusses the tactical decisions made on day one and the ensuing combat while also including a brief summary of the grand strategy in the Eastern Theater of the war, the conduct of the Pennsylvania Campaign from June 6 to 30, 1863, and the plight of civilians caught up in the conflict. The Battle of Gettysburg,...