Gettysburg: Day Two A Study In Maps

by John Imhof

Using over fifty maps, John Imhof shows the battle's progress over the course of the afternoon and evening of July 2nd. Each map shows the battlefield as a whole, rather than small sections of it, allowing the reader to see how events were interrelated. Each map is followed by several heavily-footnoted pages of text explaining what is occurring on the maps.

Genres: American Civil War, Civil War Eastern Theater, Gettysburg Campaign, Battle Of Gettysburg

301 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Michael Ryzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A detailed map study of the Confederate assault at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. This series of 55 separate "map studies" examine the actions staring from Hood's attack on the southern end of the Union line and finishes with the events on East Cemetery and Culp's Hills. The maps are presented at an appropriate scale to visually demonstrate the "en echelon" strategy of the Southern assault, the key to understanding Lee's plan and the nature of the battle.

[John Imhof]

A second edition is now available. John Imhof

[Shari · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for maps. This is incredible! Troop poisons every 15 minutes. One for us Gettysburg nerds!

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a superb publication, limited at the time I found out about it to 1500 copies. I xeroxed the maps and wish that I had xeroxed the explanations!

[Jimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

While not an analytical study of the tactics and strategy used on July 2nd, this book is great at showing what happened simultaneously across the entire battlefield.