If you are more of a history-curious person then you might already hear about the battle of Gettysburg. Which was happen back on June 9, 1863.
And If you want to learn more about why the battle happened? and what is the Gettysburg Address? & what is the Gettysburg Campaign?
Then this article is absolutely for you.
Here we are going to give you the list of the best books on Gettysburg, so you will get better ideas about the questions that you have on your mind right now.
We have done plenty of research to get the best book on Gettysburg campaign, so feel free to cheer us up in the comment section below, if you like it.
Also if you have anything in your mind, to add on this list of books le us know, we’ll be happy to know your thoughts on it.
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- Book - 672 pages
- Audiobook - 22 hours and 33 minutes
- Comprehensive account of the battle of Gettysburg and the major figures involved.
- Book - 368 pages
- Audiobook - 13 hours and 44 minutes
- The Classic Novel Of Gettysburg
- Book - 290 pages
- Audiobook - Cassette
- Should read before visiting Gettysburg.
- Book - 160 pages
- The Story of the Battle with Maps
- The best set of maps and accompanying text of Gettysburg
- Book - 224 pages
- A Graphic Adaptation
- Best non-fiction graphic novel that is appropriate for high school students and adults.
- Book - 488 pages
- Audiobook - 14 hours and 14 minutes
- Highly detailed account of the Army of the Potomac’s side at Gettysburg.
- Book - 623 pages
- Audiobook - 21 hours
- Gettysburg by Sears is a military study of the Gettysburg Campaign
- Book - 220 pages
- Audiobook - No
- It's a picture book of Gettysburg
- Book - 488 pages
- Audiobook - No
- Excellent tour/reference/guide book.
- Book - 720 pages
- Audiobook - Cassette
- Point of view of the President, the officers, the inlisted man, and the civilian
- Book - 3 volumes, 3000+ pages
- Audiobook - No
- Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War
Edward Everett, sitting behind Lincoln, listens intently to the speech that followed his.
The main speaker of the day was Edward Everett, one of the most distinguished Americans alive at that time. He had served as a congressman, senator, governor, Secretary of State, and president of Harvard. He was was famous for giving long speeches from memory.
He spoke at Gettysburg for two hours, giving a full account of the battle, using information not widely known, and putting the great battle into its historical context. It was a masterful speech and exactly what the organizers of the event wanted.
Then he sat down, and Abraham Lincoln stood up. Within a few minutes, Edward Everett knew he was sunk. He wrote to Lincoln shortly after and said he wished he could have gotten as close to the heart of the matter in his two hours as Lincoln had done in his two minutes.
The heart of the matter — that’s it. Lincoln captured the essential meaning of the battle and the war in a few words. To a nation tired of war, he gave the conflict a new definition, as an essential struggle for liberty and democracy. He wasn’t speaking of slavery, but rather of the right of every man to rise as far as he could by his own ability, and to participate in governance. He assured the nation that the terrible cost of the war in human lives was not in vain.
No one has ever better expressed the nature of American democracy in just a few words.
That’s why it is so memorable.
