Into the Fight: Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg Book

This really is a seriously good book. Thoroughly and painstakingly researched, Priest has come up with what would probably have to be the definitive account of Pickett's ill-fated attack on July 3, 1863.
The book takes the reader through each portion of the battlefield at various times of the day and through the use of letters and diaries from the men there on the day, recounts their thoughts and misgivings and describes the placements of regiments and guns in almost forensic fashion.
Priest is also very particular in telling us how bodies of men moved about the battlefield once the shooting started, how the Confederate attack started to fall apart almost from the beginning and how Union reinforcements and artillery were quickly able to thin the Confederate lines from the flanks as well as the front. Such was the intensity of Federal fire, many Rebels did not even cross the Emmitsburg Rd.
Although more likely written for folks who already know something about the battle or the American Civil War, John Michael Priest has made another valuable contribution to the already large stable of Civil War books.