The Civil War News March 2004
"Concisely written and informative...Belong[s] on the bookshelf, and in the knapsack, of any battlefield wanderer."


Civil War Courier April 2004
"Cox writes lively, sets up a descriptive battle scenario, includes convincing arguments and should be especially commended for his expertise."


Book Description
The fight for Cemetery Hill was long and bloody--whoever controlled the hill would win the battle of Gettysburg. The battle of Gettysburg included many dramatic and controversial moments, several of which involved Cemetery Hill. This book covers in detail the three-day struggle for that crucial high ground from the soldiers' point of view. Using official reports, letters, diaries, and memoirs, it tells how and why the generals made crucial decisions and what it was like to be a soldier involved in the bloody hand-to-hand fighting.


About the Author
Terry L. Jones has published four other books on the Civil War, including Lee's Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia and the two-volume Historical Dictionary of the Civil War. Jones currently is a professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The fight for Cemetery Hill was long and bloody—whoever controlled the hill would win the battle of Gettysburg.

The battle of Gettysburg included many dramatic and controversial moments, several of which involved Cemetery Hill. This book covers in detail the three-day struggle for that crucial high ground from the soldiers' point of view. Using official reports, letters, diaries, and memoirs, it tells how and why the generals made crucial decisions and what it was like to be a soldier involved in the bloody hand-to-hand fighting.