Flames Beyond Gettysburg:
The Gordon Expedition, June 1863
is a nonfiction historical book about a significant expedition / raid by a mixed force of Confederate infantry, artillery, and cavalry during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign. Newly promoted Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon led roughly 1,500 Southern soldiers on a mission to seize a vital bridge crossing over the Susquehanna River between Wrightsville and Columbia, Pennsylvania, which would allow passage by the rest of Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early's division into Lancaster County. Secondary goals included the capture and ransom of prosperous York, Pennsylvania, and the destruction of important railroad bridges and the critical Hanover Junction rail yard. Along the way, Gordon's men become the first Confederates to occupy Gettysburg the week before the Battle of Gettysburg.
The book, Volume 5 of the popular "Discovering Civil War America" series produced by Ironclad Publishing, contains the most detailed and accurate account of the Gordon Expedition and the Pennsylvania emergency militiamen and civilians who opposed the Confederates. It also features series of detailed driving tours of various sites associated with the Gordon mission, including the Rebels' route from Maryland, the June 26, 1863 skirmishing at Gettysburg and Witmer Farm, his subordinate Lt. Col. Elijah V. White's cavalry raid on Hanover Junction, Gordon's triumphal march through York, and the burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge.
Now available from Ironclad Publishing!
(or, signed from scottmingus@yahoo.com)
$23.95
paperback
ISBN 0-9673770-8-0
The cover art, Columbia Bridge Burning by Bradley Schmehl, is used under license. Maps are by Scott L. Mingus, Sr. and Tom Poston, with driving tour photographs by Thomas M. Mingus and illustrations by Zac Bretz. One chapter was co-written with Professor Scott L. Mingus, Jr.
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