War Stories: 150 Little-Known Stories of the Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg [Paperback]

Greg Coco mined letter collections and diary entries to produce this short but insightful and utterly fascinating anthology that demonstrates the humanity of the soldiers who marched to and fought through the great campaign and Battle of Gettysburg in the summer of 1863.Historian Greg Coco mined letter collections and diary entries to produce this small but fascinating anthology that demonstrates the humanity of the soldiers who marched to and fought through the great battle of Gettysburg.While preparing to become a licensed battlefield guide, I relied heavily on Greg Cocos books. Once I became a guide, I consulted these wonderful resources as I created tours and programs for Gettysburg visitors. Gregs works are comprehensive and well-written. All are important in subject matter, though my personal favorite is A Strange and Blighted Land: The Aftermath of a Battle. Every title touches heavily on the battles human aspects, which make them very readable and relatable. I recommend them to visitors at every opportunity.The multifarious works of Greg Coco are singularly important in the literature surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg.Greg Cocos classic works about the Battle of Gettysburg provide an incisive, unvarnished portrait of how the soldiers and the community where they fought fared after the largest battle ever waged in the Western Hemisphere. Collectively, these books help transform our understanding of the true cost of this battle for all of those touched by it. They belong in the library of every student of the American Civil War.Greg Cocos books gave us a timeless study of the Battle of Gettysburg written by not only a gifted historian, but also a combat infantryman. If all historians are tourists in a foreign land, then Greg Coco has become our guide!US