{"product_id":"9781946411389","title":"The Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg","description":"This work was written for the study of the Battle of Gettysburg by West Point cadets.\u003cp\u003eMilitary Situation June 1, 1863.-The Civil War, begun in the spring of 1861, had been in progress two years. The United States had 500,000 troops actually in the field and 625,000 on the rolls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Atlantic coastal plain, Union troops occupied West Point, Yorktown, Norfolk and Suffolk, Va., Plymouth, Washington^Newbern and Beaufort, N^C, the islands along the coast of South Carolina between Charleston and the Savannah River, and\u003cbr\u003eFernandina and St. Augustine, Fl. To protect the railroad connecting Richmond, Wilmington, Charleston and Savannah and the important towns along the railroad from raids or more serious operations by these Union troops, the Confederate government was compelled to leave a considerable force in the South Atlantic States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn northern Virginia, where active operations had temporarily ceased, the opposing~armies, the Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker and the Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee, lay on opposite banks of the Rappahannock River midway between Washington and Richmond, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn West Virginia there were a number of Union garrisons 'to protect the State, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which traversed it, from Confederate raids. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Kentucky, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside was organizing the Army of the Ohio to advance against Knoxville, Tenn., held by Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. John's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044440293616,"sku":"9781946411389","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946411389_p0.jpg?v=1763796620","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946411389","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}