eastern theatre

I was reading a book about the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, and it takes note of a particularly dangerous situation for the Confederate high command: Lee, alongside (if I remember correctly) Jubal Early and/or A.P. Hill ran into a Union platoon and almost got fired on. Much later in the...

Chapter 1 July 1, 1863, 10:15 a.m. East of Herr's Ridge Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The sun was now steadily rising and the damp moisture of the night finally gave way to the dry warmth of midsummer day. Brigadier General James Jay Archer from Heth's Confederate division pondered what the day...