Gettysburg heroes : perfect soldiers, hallowed ground / Glenn W. LaFantasie.

Author/creator LaFantasie, Glenn W.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiii, 279 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Influence.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Biography.
Generals--United States. --Biography.
Soldiers--United States. --Biography.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Social aspects.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Biography.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Social aspects.

Contents Lee's old war horse -- Frank A. Haskell : tragic hero of the Union -- Becoming Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain -- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the American dream -- Finding William C. Oates -- An Alabamian's Civil War -- Hell in Haymarket -- William C. Oates and the death of General Farnsworth -- Mr. Lincoln's victory at Gettysburg -- Lincoln and the Gettysburg awakening -- Memories of Little Round Top -- Ike and Monty take Gettysburg -- The many meanings of Gettysburg -- Feeling the past at Gettysburg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007032473
ISBN9780253350718 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253350719 (cloth : alk. paper)