Brandy Station 1863: First step towards Gettysburg (Campaign) - Softcover

Beattie, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846033047 ISBN 13: 9781846033049

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

The greatest cavalry battle of the American Civil War, the prelude to Gettysburg

About this title

About the Author

Dan Beattie is a former librarian, New York City welfare investigator, infantryman, Public Information Officer for the USDA Forest Service, professor of History and Political Science, and businessman. He earned a BA from the City University of New York, and a MA and PhD in History from Duke University. He was a member of the Shenandoah Battlefields National Historic District Commission, which set up the present Foundation of the same name. For many years he served on the Boards of Trustees of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites (as Secretary) and the Civil War Preservation Trust (as Chairman of the Battlefields Preservation Committee). He has received the highest Preservationist Award of both groups. He sat on the Board of the Brandy Station Foundation for about 10 years. He has been instrumental in saving each of the parcels of land preserved of Brandy Station battlefield. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his wife of 31 years, Peggy, and two children. Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on the Aztecs, the Greeks, several 19th-century American subjects and a number of books in the Fortress series. His work features in exhibitions and publications throughout the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846033047
• ISBN 13: 9781846033049
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Hook Adam
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96