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2 Books:Gibraltar Brigade,East Cemetery Hill,Ridge;2d day Fighting at Gettysburg

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  • Condition: Gibraltar Brig. is in NEW condition in VG+ dust jacket and original publisher's shrink-wrap. Second Day is VG hardcover in VG dust jacket.

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    Lash, Gary.
    THE GIBRALTAR BRIGADE ON EAST CEMETERY HILL: TWENTY FIVE MINUTES OF FIGHTING - FIFTY YEARS OF CONTROVERSY.
    Hardcover, Publisher: Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, 1995, 1st edition, 214pp, maps, photos, order of battle, bibliography, index, dust jacket, The detailed story of the 7th West Virginia, 4th Ohio, 8th Ohio and 14th Indiana and the part they played in defending the Union right wing at Gettysburg on the morning of July 2, 1863;
    AND:
    The Second Day at Gettysburg, The Attack and Defense of Cemetery Ridge, July 2d, 1863
    by Shultz & Mingus, 2016 2d edition, 531 pages, indexed; numerous photos 7 Maps.
    From the Dust Jacket of Gibraltar Brigade:
    "The first part of the story recounted here is that of Colonel Carroll's "Gibraltar Brigade",
    an uncommon unit composed of four western regiments in the Army of the Potomac.
    After a grueling march north from near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Carroll's command
    arrived at the northern end of Cemetery Ridge early on the morning of July 2.  That evening
    three of the regiments rushed to the Federal right flank where they encountered North Carolinians
    and Louisianans among the guns of Captain R. Bruce Rickett's battery on East Cemetery Hill.
    Though their part in the fight lasted a very short time, these battle-tested veterans spent the next 50 years defending their sometimes overstated claim that they had been instrumental in helping to secure the Federal right.  The story of the debate, the second part of the book, demonstrates how honorable men who were fighting for similar reasons saw and interpreted the same event in very different ways."
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    From Wikipedia :
    The "Gibraltar Brigade" was a famed infantry brigade within the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Noted for its tenacity in combat, the brigade drew its nickname from the steadfastness of the Rock of Gibraltar. It served in many of the leading battles of the Eastern Theater, including key actions during the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 when elements of the brigade counter-attacked Confederates from North Carolina and the Louisiana Tigers on Cemetery Hill. Another portion of the brigade helped repulse Pickett's Charge the following day.
    Through much of the war, the Gibraltar Brigade was composed of the 4th Ohio Infantry, 8th Ohio Infantry, 14th Indiana Infantry, and the 7th West Virginia Infantry. The brigade was augmented by the 24th and 28th New Jersey before the Battle of Fredericksburg. Before the Overland Campaign in early 1864, its ranks were bolstered by the addition of the 1st Delaware, 12th New Jersey, and the 10th New York Battalion.
    Its commanders included Nathan Kimball, Samuel S. Carroll, and Thomas A. Smyth.