A New Look at Gettysburg-- Part 2: The Face of Battle

Also, this book is more from a soldiers' viewpoint instead of that of the generals, commanders.and units.  It goes into what the battle sounded like, smelled like, what gunpowder tasted like in someone's mouth when they ripped off the cartridge.  This is looking for what John Keegan called 'the face of battle."

QUESTIONS TO DR. GUELZO:

WHY WRITE THE BOOK:  "...I live on the battlefield.  I work on the battlefield. I live and breathe the Civil War."

ONE THING YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GETTYSBURG BEFORE WRITING THE BOOK:  "Cavalty.  The Confederate cavalry was not a major reason for the Confederate loss."  Delivering intelligence was not a major job like with European cavalry.  The job of American cavalry was scouting and screening.

--Old Secesh