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The Long Road to Gettysburg

Jim Murphy
3.3
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Duration
2h
Year
2010
Language
English
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing

About

On June 3, 1863, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley prepared to march on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Thomas Galway, a seventeen-year-old corporal in the Union army, waited for the battle to begin.


Drawing on the written accounts of these young soldiers, Murphy traces the circumstances leading to the dramatic battle of Gettysburg and Lincoln's historic address at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Related Subjects

  • General
  • United States
  • Historical
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Civil War Period (1850-1877)

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    Reviews

    "Excerpts from the diaries of two young officers, Lt. John Dooley of the Confederacy and Cpl. Thomas Galway of the Union army, are at the heart of this compelling account of the Civil War's bloodiest battle. Expertly blending details about the battle and each side's plans with the diaries, Murphy conveys all of the tension, tedium, and excitement of the battlefield."
    Publishers Weekly
    "The three narrators, Ray Childs, Terry Bregy, and William Dufris, do an admirable job."
    AudioFile
    "Murphy's intriguing book presents the story of the battle from the points of view of two actual participants...The firsthand accounts, drawn from Dooley's and Galway's own writings, give the narrative immediacy and personalize the horrors of battle...An important addition to the Civil War shelf."
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