Format Paperback Subject Literary Collections Publisher Apple wood Books
#1776670 in Books Don Ernsberger 2006-11-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .40 x 6.00l; .59 #File Name: 1425734235176 pagesAt the Wall the 69th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg The 69th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is not an easy book to read front to backBy kerry cowmanThe original research in this book is substantial and commendable. However; the narrative suffers from a lack of editing; which ranges from typographic errors to near repetition material. This is not an easy book to read front to back. I would not recommend it unless you want to browse it for the author's worthwhile insights into microtactical events at the wall.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. At The WallBy David MurphyOver all this is a good book with plenty of researched information; I can tell the author spent time doing it. However a good effort is somewhat mared by many typo's which a proper proof reading should have caught. Also he claims that Wright's Georgian toops carried .69 cal. imported Enfield rifles that fired "buck ball cartridges". Only a .69 cal. smooth bore fires buck ball ammunition; not a rifle. I'm not aware of any .69 cal. Enfield rifles imported into the US; only .577 cal. rifle-muskets. So if the 69th picked up 3 to 5 guns each off the field from the second days battle that were left by Wright's men and loaded them with buck ball they would have been 1842 or converted 1816 .69 cal. smooth bore muskets. Still I think this is a book worth reading and having in your library.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. The Missing HeroesBy General Phil SheridanMr. Ernsberger has spent more time researching the 69th Pennsylvania than any other man. He delinates the companies; the officers; and the men who held the key part of the wall near the bloody angle July 3; 1863 at the battle of Gettysburg. Great regiments like the 69th Pennsylvania have immortal souls and Mr.Ernsberger reveals who the real heroes were in repulsing Pickett's charge.This was a fact well known in the nineteenth century but largely ignored through the years because the 69th was composed of Irishmen from the Irish Volunteers; Hibernia Greens; Emmett Guards; Meagher Guards; Shields Guards---all Irish militia companies from Philadelphia.
