Book description
The Gettysburg Campaign has been examined in minute detail from nearly every aspect but one; the key role played by Richard Ewell's Second Corps during the final days in June. Scott Mingus's Flames Beyond Gettysburg: The Confederate Expedition to the Susquehanna River, June 1863 is the first in-depth study of…
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I have long been a fan of this book, in part because it was among the first books to seriously look beyond the three-day battle of Gettysburg and recount the military actions that erupted in the lead-up to the famous battle.
Mingus writes about Confederate general Jubal Early’s advance through Gettysburg and York and all the way to the Susquehanna River, where Confederates fought with a hodgepodge force of Union militia that managed to prevent a Confederate river-crossing. Simply put, this book is a great choice for Civil War buffs who want to look beyond the histories of the…
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