Аннотация
NEWT GINGRICH
Gettysburg
WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN
Chapter One
JUNE 28,1863, 8:00 PMHEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIAThe shadows of twilight deepened across the orchards and wheat fields of the Cumberland Valley. The day had been hot, the air heavy with damp heat; now the first stirring of a cooling breeze came down from out of the hills. Fireflies danced through the branches of apple, peach, and cherry trees; crickets sang; and as he rode through the rows of the orchard he breathed the rich evening air of summer, feeling a moment of peace.
He looked up at the moon riding in the eastern sky, nearly full, glowing with an orange warmth, the cold light of the stars beginning to fill the heavens.
As he approached the knoll, the orchard gave way to pasture, the fence dividing the two fields broken down, the split rails so laboriously cut and laid in place gone, except for a few upright posts. He had spoken more than once abo...
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