Gunfire broke the morning silence on 1 July 1863, as Confederate General Henry Heth pushed his division down Chambersburg Pike toward Gettysburg. In the Civil War's most important battle, the early contest for McPherson's Ridge just outside of Gettysburg is considered by many to be the battle's most crucial stage.
Steven H. Newton is Professor of History at Delaware State University, and the author of eight highly regarded books on military history, including Kursk: The German View (2003), Panzer Operations (2004), and a forthcoming biography of Field Marshal Walther Model (2005).
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