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It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield Troy D Harman argues for a new interpretation once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable perhaps inevitable

Most Civil War battles took place along major roads railroads and waterways And yet this perspective hasnt been fully explored when it comes to Gettysburg

Moreover once the battle started Harman argues the blue and gray fought tactically for the two creeks that mark the battlefield in the east and the west as well as for the roadways that led to Gettysburg from all points of the compass This is a perspective often overlooked in many accounts of the battle which focus on the high groundthe Round Tops Cemetery Hillas key tactical objectives

Gettysburg Ranger and historian Troy Harman draws on a lifetime of researching the Civil War and more than thirty years of studying the terrain of Gettysburg and southcentral Pennsylvania and northern Maryland to reframe the story of the Battle of Gettysburg In the process he shows theres still much to say about one of historys most writtenabout battles