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EMERGING CIVIL WAR SERIES
EMERGING CIVIL WAR SERIES
Determined to Stand and Fight
Stay and Fight it Out
The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864 Ryan T. Quint $14.95 / 192 pages / 6 x 9 / 10 maps, 150 images / April 2017 / paperback / 978-1-61121-346-1 / eISBN: 9781611213478
In early July 1864, a patched together force of Union soldiers under Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace prepared for a last-ditch defense along the Monocacy River. Behind them lay the capital of the United States, open to attack. Facing Wallace’s men were Lt. Gen. Jubal Early’s Confederates. In just over a month, they had cleared the Shenandoah Valley of Union soldiers and crossed the Potomac River, invading the north for the third time in the war. A Confederate victory near Washington could be all the pro-peace platforms in the north needed to defeat Abraham Lincoln in the upcoming election. Over the course of the day, Union and Confederate soldiers attacked and counterattacked. By the end of the day, Wallace’s men fell into retreat, but they had done their job: they had slowed Jubal Early. Determined to Stand and Fight tells the story of that pivotal day and an even more pivotal campaign that went right to the gates of Washington, D.C.
Ryan Quint graduated from the University of Mary Washington, and is a seasonal park historian at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
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The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, Culp’s Hill and the North End of the Battlefield Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D. White and Daniel T. Davis $14.95 / 192 pages / 6 x 9 / 10 maps, 150 images / August 2017 / paperback / 978-1-61121-331-7 / eISBN: 9781611213324
July 1, 1863, had gone poorly for the Union army’s XI Corps. Shattered in battle north of the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, the battered and embarrassed unit ended the day hunkered at the crest of a cemetery-topped hill south of the village. Reinforcements fortified the position, which extended eastward to include another key piece of high ground, Culp’s Hill. The Federal line also extended southward down Cemetery Ridge, forming what eventually became a long fishhook. July 2 saw a massive Confederate attack against the southernmost part of the line. As the Southern juggernaut rolled inexorably northward, Federal troops shifted away from Culp’s Hill and Cemetery Hill to meet the threat. Just then, the Army of Northern Virginia’s vaunted Second Corps launched itself at the weakened Federal right. The very men who, just the day before, broke the Union army resolved to break it once again. The ensuing struggle left the entire Union position in the balance. “Stay and fight it out,” one Union general counseled. Confederates were all too willing to oblige. Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., and Kristopher D. White are cofounders of Emerging Civil War and Daniel T. Davis is managing editor. Between them, they have authored more than a dozen books.
The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften $14.99 / 64 pages / 10 x 7 / full color throughout, 14 images, charts, and tables / March 2017 / paperback / 978-1-61121-333-1 / eISBN: 9781940669670
Abraham Lincoln’s November 19, 1863, Gettysburg Address is generally recognized as one of the greatest leadership speeches ever written. The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address explains the 272-word speech more thoroughly than any book previously published. With the aid of colorized step-bystep diagrams, the authors deconstruct the speech into its basic elements and demonstrate how the scientific method is basic to the structure of the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln’s fascination with geometry is well documented. Authors David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften, however, are the first to discover and then demonstrate Lincoln’s use of the six elements of a proposition and then diagram and explain how his in-depth study of geometry helped him compose the Gettysburg Address. The result is a deeper and richer understanding of the Gettysburg Address that was not previously possible. This concise color examination of one of our nation’s most treasured and important speeches is perfect for all ages and especially for those interested in history, the use of language, and logic.
David Hirsch is an attorney in Des Moines, Iowa. Dan Van Haften lives in Batavia, Illinois. They are co-authors of Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason and Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, and the Structure of Reason.
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