Stay and Fight it Out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2,

Stay and Fight it Out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield (Emerging Civil War Series)

July 1, 1863, had gone poorly for the Union armyâ€™s XI Corps. Shattered in battle north of the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, the battered and embarrassed unit ended the day hunkered at the crest of a cemetery-topped hill south of the village. Reinforcements fortified the position, which extended eastward to include another key piece of high ground, Culpâ€™s Hill. The Federal line also extended southward down Cemetery Ridge, forming what eventually became a long fishhook.

July 2 saw a massive Confederate attack against the southernmost part of the line. As the Southern juggernaut rolled inexorably northward, Federal troops shifted away from Culpâ€™s Hill and Cemetery Hill to meet the threat. Just then, the Army of Northern Virginiaâ€™s vaunted Second Corps launched itself at the weakened Federal right. The very men who, just the day before, broke the Union army resolved to break it once again.

The ensuing struggleâ€•every bit as desperate and with stakes every bit as high as the more-famous fight at Little Round Top on the far end of the lineâ€•left the entire Union position in the balance. â€œStay and fight it out,â€ one Union general counseled.

Confederates were all too willing to oblige.

Authors Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D. White, and Daniel T. Davis started their Gettysburg account in Donâ€™t Give an Inch: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863â€•from Little Round Top to Cemetery Ridge. Picking up on the heels of its companion volume, Stay and Fight It Out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863â€•Culpâ€™s Hill and the Northern End of the Battlefield they recount the often-overlooked fight that secured the Union position and set the stage for the battleâ€™s fateful final day.
Country USA
Brand Savas Beatie
Manufacturer Savas Beatie
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2023-10-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781611213317

Country	USA
Brand	Savas Beatie
Manufacturer	Savas Beatie
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2023-10-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781611213317

Stay and Fight it Out: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield (Emerging Civil War Series)

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