Description
Book SynopsisThe Gettysburg Campaign in Numbers and Losses is a full-colour master work decades in the making. Presented for the first time in print are comprehensive orders of battle for more than three dozen engagements both large and small waged during the five weeks of the Gettysburg Campaign (June 9 July 14, 1863).Each presentation includes a synopsis of the engagement, photos of the commanders, an original full page map of the fighting, an order of battle with numbers and losses, including killed, wounded, captured, and missing, charts and graphs of relative strengths and losses, a conclusion of how the fighting affected each side and the course of the campaign, and a brief suggested reading list.J. David Petruzzi and Steven Stanley use a staggering array of primary resources to compile the text and craft the original maps, including the Official Records, soldier letters and diaries, period newspapers, regimental histories, reminiscences, muster rolls, and other published and unpublished sources.About the AuthorsJ. David Petruzzi is an award-winning Civil War cavalry historian. He is the author of many articles for a wide variety of publications, and has written or co-authored several books.Steven Stanley lives in Gettysburg and is a graphic artist specialising in historical map design and battlefield photography. His maps have been a longtime staple of the Civil War Trust and have helped raise millions of dollars.
