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1) Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781: the winning of American independence

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Tucker, Phillip Thomas

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing

Pub. Date

[2022]

Language

English

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Discover the little-known role Alexander Hamilton played in the decisive battle of the American Revolution: Yorktown. Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781 is the first book in nearly two and a half centuries that has ever been devoted to the story of Alexander Hamilton's key contributions in winning the most decisive victory the of the American Revolutionary war at Yorktown. Past biographies of Hamilton, including the most respected...

2) Pickett's charge: a new look at Gettysburg's final attack

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Tucker, Phillip Thomas

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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An "analysis of one of the most iconic and defining events in American history ... With the luxury of hindsight, historians have long denounced the folly of Lee's attack, but this work [posits] the tactical brilliance of a master plan that went awry. Special emphasis is placed on the common soldiers on both sides, especially the non-Virginia attackers outside of Pickett's Virginia Division"--Amazon.com.

3) Barksdale's charge: the true high tide of the Confederacy at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863

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Tucker, Phillip Thomas

Publisher

Casemate

Pub. Date

2013.

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English

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On the third day of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee launched a magnificent attack. For pure pageantry it was unsurpassed, and it also marked the centerpiece of the war, both time-wise and in terms of how the conflict had turned a corner-from persistent Confederate hopes to impending Rebel despair. But Pickett's Charge was crushed by the Union defenders that day, having never had a chance in the first place. The Confederacy's real "high tide" at Gettysburg...