The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg

Language: English

Published by South Mountain Press, Inc, Carlisle, PA, 1987

0937339059 / 9780937339053

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xiv, 240, [2] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Maps. Tabular Data. Appendices. Index. Jay Luvaas (15 June 1927 9 January 2009) was an American military historian who was an expert on the American Civil War and the history of military theory. He was the first civilian to hold a visiting professorship of military history at West Point, and was a professor of military history at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was the founder of the modern military staff ride, and was a two-time recipient of the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal of the Department of the Army. In 1972, he was the first civilian to serve as a visiting professor at the United States Military Academy. In 1982, he left Allegheny to teach at the Army War College, where he held the prestigious Harold Keith Johnson Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army Military History Institute (USAMHI).[9] Accepting a permanent position there, he taught lieutenant colonels and colonels on the fast track for general staff posts, and wrote papers and taught courses specific to their interests and needs. Luvaas remained at the Army War College until his retirement in 1995. After his retirement, he became Distinguished Fellow there in 1997. In his retirement, he was also director of the George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana at the Duke University Library. Military historians consider Luvaas the founder of the modern staff ride. Luvaas' and Nelson's volume the U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg (1986) is a feature in Civil War battlefield tours. A compact but richly detailed volume depicting the events of the Battle of Gettysburg day-by-day and hour-by-hour, the guide retains its signature blend of official reports, commanding officers' observations, and terrain descriptions, as well as easy-to-use maps that allow park visitors to follow the battle as it actually unfolded. These original source documents from bother Southern and Northern leaders provide a startling sense of reality and drama. This book takes you through a documented and ordered progression. Twenty-five stops are arranged in the order of the actual battle as it unfolded in 1863. Easy-to-follow maps show all significant troop positions and related terrain detail" Second Edition [stated] Presumed first printing.…

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Title
The U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg
Author
Luvaas, Jay (Editor), and Nelson, Harold W. (Editor)
Publisher
South Mountain Press, Inc, Carlisle, PA
Publication year
1987
Condition
Very good
Dust jacket
Very good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0937339059
ISBN 13
9780937339053
Illustrator
Mark Pfoutz (Maps)
Edition
1st Edition
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