Article: The Union Generals Speak: the Meade Hearings on the Battle of Gettysburg.(Book Review)

The Union Generals Speak: The Meade Hearings on the Battle of Gettysburg. Edited by Bill Hyde. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003. Pp. xviii, 428. $45.00, ISBN 0-8071-2581-4.)

Political and military maneuvering typically unfolded in tandem during the Army of the Potomac' s campaigns. Operating close to Washington and led by an officer corps that included intensely ambitious and politically well-connected individuals, the republic's largest army seemed to be perpetually in turmoil and received intense scrutiny from newspapers and politicians. This volume highlights the vital intersection between politics and the battlefield, making a significant ...

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