At the Forefront of Lee's Invasion: Retribution, Plunder, and Clashing Cultures on Richard S. Ewell's Road to Gettysburg

by Robert J. Wynstra

After clearing Virginia's Shenandoah Valley of Federal troops, Gen. Robert E. Lee's bold invasion into the North reached the Maryland shore of the Potomac River on June 15, 1863. A week later, the Confederate infantry crossed into lower Pennsylvania, where they had their first sustained interactions with the civilian population in a solidly pro-Union state. Most of the initial encounters with the people in the lush Cumberland Valley and the neigh-...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606353543
• ISBN13: 9781606353547
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"