April 5, 2024
Encounter At Hanover...Prelude To Gettysburg 1st Edit.
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ENCOUNTER AT HANOVER...Prelude To Gettysburg, Hanover 1963, Published by the Historical Publication Committee of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce--1963, First Edition, 274 Pages, Some Tanning of Dustjacket, Very Light Tattering of Dust Jacket Edges, Previous Owner's Signature Inside of Front Free End-Paper, Covered With a Brodart Protective Jacket, in Very Good Condition. The Battle of Hanover took place on June 30, 1863, in Hanover in southwestern York County, Pennsylvania as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.Major General J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate Cavalry which was riding north to get around the Union Army of the Potomac attacked a Federal cavalry regiment, driving it through the streets of Hanover. Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth's cavalry arrived and counterattacked, routing the Confederate vanguard and nearly capturing Stuart himself. Stuart soon counterattacked. Reinforced by Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade, Farnsworth held his ground, and a stalemate ensued. Stuart was forced to continue north and east to get around the Union cavalry, further delaying his attempt to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army, which was then concentrating at Cashtown Gap west of Gettysburg.This unique book goes into serious detail about the engagement at Hanover, including, caring for the wounded,
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