Chancellorsville and Gettysburg / Campaigns of the Civil War - VI

A senior army officer provides a firsthand narrative of two linked Civil War campaigns, recounting strategic plans, movements, and the sequence of engagements that produced decisive field actions. Chapters trace the opening maneuvers, major clashes, retreats and counterattacks, and the arrival and disposition of corps and cavalry, while offering map-based diagrams and appendices to clarify positions and attacks. The account blends operational detail with personal observation, critiques of command choices, and reflections on the costs borne by soldiers, aiming to preserve contemporaneous facts and to explain causes and consequences rather than offer unqualified praise.