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Book Title: Meade AT Gettysburg : a Study in Command
Item Length: 9.4in
Item Height: 1.6in
Item Width: 6.2in
Author: Kent Masterson Brown
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General, Military
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 28.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 488 Pages
