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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Savas Beatie Historical Books (Savas Beatie) Little Piece of Hell at Gettysburgh, A - The Attack and Defense of the Rose Farm, July 2-3, 1863 (EX/NM) Manufacturer: Savas Beatie Product Line: Historical Books (Savas Beatie) Type: Hardcover Copyright Date: 2026 Author: Scott T Fink Page Count: 384 Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is EX/NM. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description: The unassuming stone farmhouse, where John and Ann Rose and their seven children lived, stood amid 230 acres of verdant land on the eastern side of the Emmitsburg Road about two miles south of Gettysburg. On July 2, 1863, this patch of groundâ"sandwiched between Little Round Top to the south and the Peach Orchard to the northâ"became a vortex for tens of thousands of men as the armies renewed the second day of battle. Scott Finkâs A Little Piece of Hell at Gettysburg: The Attack and Defense of the Rose Farm, July 2â"3, 1863, is the first full-length study of the Rose farm fighting and its significance. Confederates under James Longstreet swept across the Rose farm from different directions in a bid to crush Maj. Gen. George Meadeâs left flank. The Rose land, which included the Stony Hill and the Rose Woods, saw some of the heaviest fighting of the war as thousands of Georgians and South Carolinians flooded onto the property from the west and southwest into sheets of lead and iron. One of the fields, a 20-acre plot across which some 20,000 men of both armies would march, charge, fight, and dieâ"often in hand-to-hand combatâ"is better known today as the Wheatfield. Union soldiers from several corps, arriving from different parts of the field, rushed into the swirling chaos to stem the break in the line and hold fast. Heavy musketry fire and death-dealing artillery rounds littered the ground and surrounding woodlots with wounded and dead soldiers, earning it the grim distinction as the bloodiest farm in American history. The Confederates used the house and barn for shelter and, after the fighting, as a field hospital. Between 500 and 1,000 Southerners were buried on the Rose property. Alexander Gardner took some of the most famous photographs of the war there, mostly of dead Georgians from George T. Andersonâs Brigade. One of Roseâs daughters suffered from chronic nightmares and bouts of hysteria (better known today as PTSD). The doctor treating her surmised she was âdriven madâ and prescribed the use of a straitjacket. Her father believed the anxiety was the result of hundreds of Confederate graves littering the property. Scott Finkâs A Little Piece of Hell at Gettysburg draws on deep research and moving prose that carries readers through every stage of the fighting. The author, himself a combat veteran, carefully examines the battle from the perspective of both the generals who planned it and the men in the ranks who fought it. His use of scores of archival and firsthand accounts, together with original maps, explanatory footnotes, and a keen understanding of the terrain, sheds significant new light on the experiences of these front-line troops and the iconic post-battle photographs. The fighting on the Rose farm played a critical role in the fortunes of both armies at Gettysburg. This original new study helps put the sacrifices of those who fought there in context. …

Condition: Very Good. New/unused condition with small scuffs and a old barcode sticker to the dust jacket. The content is in like new condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 384 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.02 inches. In Stock.