1863 GETTYSBURG Civil War GENERAL ROBERT E LEE Union CONFEDERATE C.S.A.

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G ETTYSBURG PRESENTED FOR AUCTION is the original 1887 First Edition of “ The Great Invasion of 1863 or General Lee in Pennsylvania ” by Jacob Hocke. Embracing an account of the strength and Organization of the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia; Their Daily Marches with the Routes of Travel, and General Orders Issued; The Three Days of Battle; The Retreat of the Confederate and Pursuit by the Federals; Analytical Index, Maps, Portraits, and a large number of Illustrations of the Battle-Field. With an Appendix containing an Account of the Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, A statement of the General Sickles Controversy, and other Valuable Historic Papers. No battle field on earth is so well preserved and marked as is that of Gettysburg. Little and Big Round Top, East Cemetery Hill and Ridge Culp’s and Wolf Hill, Seminary and Oak Ridge, have become immortal, and will endure while time itself lasts. The lines of the two great armies, the positions occupied by the various corps, divisions, brigades, and regiments, and the places where heroic deeds were performed and where distinguished men fell, the Confederate vs Union army—all the painstaking details surrounding the Gettysburg battle is contained in this work. The contents of this work contains published statements by both Union and Confederate writers, relating to read more