Post by marklemon on Dec 9, 2009 20:58:32 GMT -5
For those interested in the War Between the States, I highly recommend the Gettysburg Companion by Mark Adkin(Stackpole Books) 2008. The book is massive, and expensive (I paid $50.00 for it, and that was a reduced price from a Military Book Club). But I can earnestly say that it is, beyond question, the most thorough, and complete treatment of this battle that I have ever seen. It is broken down into subsections, such as:
Orders of Battle
The Infantry
The Artillery
The Cavalry
Other Arms and Services
The Road to Gettysburg
The Battlefield
The Battle-Day One
The Battle-Day Two
The Battle-Day Three
The Aftermath
50th Anniversary Reunion
The volume is profusely illustrated with arms, equipment, uniforms, very detailed maps, and extremely helpful color photographs of the key points of the battlefield, with troop locations added onto the image.
For those who want to get into the ultra-detailed minutiae of the battle, this book is the best there is.
Orders of Battle
The Infantry
The Artillery
The Cavalry
Other Arms and Services
The Road to Gettysburg
The Battlefield
The Battle-Day One
The Battle-Day Two
The Battle-Day Three
The Aftermath
50th Anniversary Reunion
The volume is profusely illustrated with arms, equipment, uniforms, very detailed maps, and extremely helpful color photographs of the key points of the battlefield, with troop locations added onto the image.
For those who want to get into the ultra-detailed minutiae of the battle, this book is the best there is.
