Pickett's Charge: Eyewitness Accounts [Hardcover]

Richard Rollins (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 407 pages
• Publisher: Rank & File Pub; Rev Sub edition (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963899317
• ISBN-13: 978-0963899316
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,137,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rollins did all the research for you, February 13, 2001

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This review is from: Pickett's Charge: Eyewitness Accounts (Hardcover)

Rollins has done the painstaking task of finding accounts of Pickett's Charge as seen by participants and observers. Not only has he found them, but he annotated them and compiled them so that they flow. Rollins' book views the assault from nearly every angle. Rollins, through documents written by the people involved, shows that the charge wasn't a last resort or a desperate attempt to gain ground, but rather a calculated risk whose failure lied in mis-execution and unfortunate split second descisions. Truly superb!!!