"Gettysburg, Day Three draws on hundreds of sources, including more than 400 manuscript collections, to provide the most comprehensive account ever of the crucial day of the Civil War's greatest battle. Brief excerpts from letters and diaries of soldiers on both sides bring to life the voices of the men who fought this terrible battle."-- From the book jacket.

Includes maps of: Troop Movements, Gettysburg Campaign, June 3-July 1, 1863; Culp's Hill, 4:30 A.M.-7:00 A.M.; Culp's Hill, 8:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M.; Culp's Hill, Final Confederate Assault, 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M.; Union and Confederate Deployments Prior to Cannonade; Confederate Advance on Cemetery Ridge, Afternoon of July 3; Climax and Repulse of Confederate Assault on Cemetery Ridge, Afternoon of July 3; Stuart vs. Gregg, East Cavalry Battlefield, Afternoon of July 3; Actions, South Cavalry Field and at Fairfield, Afternoon of July 3.

Prologue: to a crossroad --Night on the battlefield -- Lee and Meade -- "The whole hillside seemed enveloped in a blaze" -- "None but demons can delight in war" -- "No fifteen thousand men" -- "We were on the eve of something desperate" -- "They are determined to do or die" -- "Bloodthirsty business" -- "The air seethed with old iron" -- "Like feathers before the wind" -- Into the "vortex of death" -- "Come on, come on; come to death" -- "It is my fault" -- "It was kill all you can" -- Epilogue: "this place called Gettysburg" -- Appendix: order of battle.