35 Days to Gettysburg: The Campaign Diaries of Two American Enemies

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Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust jacket condition: fine. Cover has very slight shelf wear head and tail of spine. Jacket has slight rubbing head of spine. Octavo; xii + 208 pp. First edition stated. Gilt lettering on red cloth boards. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line maps. Binding, hinges tight; bright, clean copy; no markings. From the jacket notes: “In the summer of 1863, Thomas Lewis Ware, a Confederate soldier from Georgia, and Franklin Horner, a Union soldier from Pennsylvania, are with their respective armies, and make daily entries in small, leather-bound diaries. After two years of war and thirty-five days of intense marching, Ware and Horner end up fighting on virtually the same battlefield at Gettysburg, one on Big Round Top, the other at Devil’s Den. One will go home and tell of his experiences at Gettysburg; the other will not survive the battle. With commentary that adds insight and fascinating detail to the unfolding story, Nesbitt places Ware’s and Horner’s unedited diary entries into the larger context of the American Civil War.”