Silent sentinels: a reference guide to the artillery at Gettysburg

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"Artillery played an important and perhaps decisive role in the July 1863 battle of Gettysburg. Although many hundreds of books have been published on the battle, very few have focused more than a handful of paragraphs or a sprinkling of entries on the 'long arm' and its role in the battle. This gap is finally filled by George Newton's Silent sentinels : a reference guide to the artillery of Gettysburg. Newton's well written and illustrated study was designed to be of use to both the casual bat…

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Full title :Silent sentinels : a reference guide to the artillery at Gettysburg / George W. Newton.

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Publication Date:©2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Savas Beatie
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2005.

The Physical Object

Description:xx, 259 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1932714146, 9781932714142
oclc:ocm61726816
LC Classification:E475.56
Dewey Decimal:358/.1282/0973

The Gettysburg Campaign : an overview -- Field artillery in the Civil War -- Artillery organization -- Loading and firing -- Artillery today at Gettysburg National Military Park -- Touring the Gettysburg battlefield -- Gettysburg artillery trivia.

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Artillerie de campagne et de montagne -… Artillery, Field and mountain Artillery, Field and mountain -- Histor… Bataille de Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pen… Campagne de Gettysburg, 1863 États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Gu… Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.) Gettysburg National Military Park (Penn… Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa.,… History Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg National Mil… United States United States -- History -- Civil War, …