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Murphy, Jim, 1947-

The long road to Gettysburg / - New York : Clarion Books, �1992. - 116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-112) and index.

We are marching -- Rumors and a long march -- I will fight him inch by inch -- Lightning before the storm -- Pickett's charge -- A few appropriate remarks.

Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

1070 Lexile.

ISBN: 0395559650 9780395559659 0618051570 9780618051571

LCCN: 90021881

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address --Juvenile literature.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Gettysburg address (Lincoln, Abraham)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1863

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Juvenile literature.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: E475.53 / .M946 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/349