Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War

Gettysburg
Author	Newt Gingrich William R. Forstchen
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Alternate history novel
Publisher	Thomas Dunne Books
Publication date	June 12, 2003
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	384 (1st edition)
ISBN	ISBN 978-0312309350 (1st edition)
OCLC Number	51559226
Dewey Decimal	813/.6 21
LC Classification	PS3557.I4945 G48 2003
Followed by	Grant Comes East

Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War is an alternate history novel written by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen. It was published in 2003 and became a New York Times bestseller. It is the first part in a trilogy in which the next books are respectively Grant Comes East and Never Call Retreat.

Plot summary

The story takes place in 1863 when Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia are victorious at the Battle of Gettysburg instead of the United States. (Instead of attacking the Union line on July 2, 1863, Lee conducts a broad turning movement and forces the Army of the Potomac to attack him in a favorable position.) Losing Gettysburg is a grave setback to the United States, but it by no means spells the end of the war or determines its outcome, and the United States still has a lot of fight in it.

Historical figures

• Adelbert Ames, U.S. general
• John Buford, U.S. general
• Joshua Chamberlain, U.S. colonel
• Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S. general
• Herman Haupt, U.S. general
• Henry Jackson Hunt, U.S. general
• Robert E. Lee, Confederate general
• Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president
• James Longstreet, Confederate general
• George Meade, U.S. general
• Daniel Sickles, U.S. general
• Gouverneur K. Warren, U.S. general

See also

• Bring the Jubilee
• C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
• Fire on the Mountain (1988 novel)
• Gray Victory
• Timeline 191