Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War
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| Author(s) | Newt Gingrich William R. Forstchen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Alternate history novel |
| Publisher | Thomas Dunne Books |
| Publication date | June 12, 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 384 (1st edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0312309350 (1st edition) |
| OCLC Number | 51559226 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.6 21 |
| LC Classification | PS3557.I4945 G48 2003 |
| Followed by | Grant Comes East |
Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War is an alternate history novel written by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen. It was published in 2003 and became a New York Times bestseller. It is the first part in a trilogy in which the next books are respectively Grant Comes East and Never Call Retreat.
[edit] Plot summary
The story takes place in 1863 when Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia are victorious at the Battle of Gettysburg instead of the United States. (Instead of attacking the Union line on July 2, 1863, Lee conducts a broad turning movement and forces the Army of the Potomac to attack him in a favorable position.) Losing Gettysburg is a grave setback to the United States, but it by no means spells the end of the war or determines its outcome, and the United States still has a lot of fight in it.
In this, the book takes an opposing view to the classic "Bring the Jubilee" published in 1953 - precisely fifty years before the present book - which assumes that a defeat in Gettysburg would have led to a complete defeat and catastrophic collapse of the North.
[edit] Historical figures
- Adelbert Ames, U.S. general
- John Buford, U.S. general
- Joshua Chamberlain, U.S. colonel
- Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S. general
- Herman Haupt, U.S. general
- Henry Jackson Hunt, U.S. general
- Robert E. Lee, Confederate general
- Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president
- James Longstreet, Confederate general
- George Meade, U.S. general
- Daniel Sickles, U.S. general
- Gouverneur K. Warren, U.S. general
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