Booknotes: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863

New Arrival:

• The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 by Britt C. Isenberg (Casemate, 2026).

From the description: "The second day at Gettysburg has defined what most Americans know today about 1863’s most pivotal campaign in the Civil War’s eastern theater. Two veteran armies in transition clashed desperately, in the process immortalizing sites such as Devil’s Den, the Slaughter Pen, Little Round Top, The Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, Cemetery Ridge, and Culp’s Hill for all time."

The latest Civil War-related volume in the Casemate Illustrated series is Britt Isenberg's The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, its account "detailing troop deployments, tactics, and battlefield actions" on that brutal day of fighting, which had "serious implications for both armies that would affect not only the outcome of the bloodiest battle, but the entire war." The volume's narrative content is enhanced and supplemented by an event timeline, B&W period photographs, modern color photography, profiles of key generals, color maps of various kinds, and topical sidebars.

As one might have guessed, Isenberg's Day 2 series contribution was preceded by last year's The First Day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 volume authored by James Hessler.