David J. Eicher is the author of several books on the Civil War,
among them The Longest Night and Civil War High Commands. He lives
in Wisconsin.
James M. McPherson is a professor of American history at Princeton
University and the author of numerous important books on the Civil
War, including the Pulitzer Prize winning Battle Cry of
Freedom.
Lee Vande Visse is a professional illustrator and graphic designer
with a longtime interest in Civil War history.
The Civil War changed the course of America, and, the battle that
changed the course of the war was fought on farmland at Gettysburg,
Pa. That battle is re-created in "Gettysburg Battlefield: The
Definitive Illustrated History" by David J. Eicher, with a foreword
by Civil War historian James M. McPherson. In three days, July 1-3,
1863, nearly 8,000 died and another 38,000 were missing or
wounded.
With essays by 15 Civil War historians and nearly 500
illustrations, the book takes readers from the Confederate army's
northward march, through three days of fierce fighting and to the
Union victory and Confederate retreat.
Among the visuals are maps with cutaway views to show the role
topography played, side-by-side photos of key sites at battle's end
and the same sites today, and thumbnail photos and sketches of
monuments and sites, and of the battle's key participants. -
Chicago TribuneHere is one of the most exciting and best-executed
Civil War picture books to be published since the American Heritage
Picture History of the Civil War by Bruce Calton 40 years ago. It's
a new benchmark against which future volumes of its kind will be
judged. David J. Eicher's Gettysburg Battlefield is just what the
title claims it to be: definitive. This is surely one of the most
attractively designed books about a Civil War battle ever
published, blending contemporary and period photographs to create
the most complete photographic coverage of Gettysburg to date. The
work owes a debt to Gettysburg, A Journey in Time by William A.
Frassanito, and, indeed, Eicher acknowledges Frassanito's
groundbreaking research again and again as he compares views of the
battlefield taken in the 1860's and afterward with gorgeous color
photographs shot in the past few years. There is no attempt to
duplicate Frassanito's work; Gettysburg Battlefield updates and
supplements it. One delightful surprise is the large number of
photos that many readers will not have seen before. Also welcome
are t
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