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Summer Thunder: A Battlefield Guide to the Artillery at Gettysburg

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Among the myriad books examining the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), Summer Thunder is one of a kind. A terrific resource for is visitors to the national military park, it explores the clashing armies’ deployment of artillery all the way through the battle—from one position to another, from at some point to the next. Matt Spruill, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former licensed Gettysburg guide, carefully takes readers to each and every point on the battlefield where artillery was once used, and combining his own remark with excerpts from the Official Records and other primary sources, he reveals the tactical thinking of both Union and Confederate commanders.

Spruill uses a sequential series of thirty-five “stops,” complete with driving instructions and contemporary photographs, to guide readers around the park and orient them about where the opposing units were placed and what happened there. Detailed maps depict the battlefield as it was once in 1863 and are marked with artillery positions, including the number of guns in action with every battery. Meanwhile, the passages from primary sources allow the reader to see key events as the actual participants saw them. The book also brims with information
about the more than a few artillery pieces used by both sides, from howitzers to Parrott rifles and Napoleon field guns, and the critical role they played over the course of the battle, right up its outcome.

Summer Thunder devotes a chapter to every of the three days of the historic devotes a chapter to every of the three days of the historic Summer Thunder engagement between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia. One can follow the battle chronologically in its entirety from Stop 1 to Stop 35, or concentrate on a specific day or a specific area. In truth, the maps and orientation
information are of such detail that the book can be utilized even without being on the battlefield, making it an invaluable reference work for expert and novice alike.

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