"Lee Is Trapped, and Must Be Taken"

Eleven Fateful Days After Gettysburg: July 4 - 14, 1863

By: Thomas J. Ryan, Richard R. Schaus

Narrated by: David Stifel

"Lee Is Trapped, and Must Be Taken": Eleven Fateful Days After Gettysburg: July 4 to July 14, 1863 focuses on the immediate aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg and addresses how Maj. Gen. George G. Meade organized and motivated his Army of the Potomac in response to President Abraham Lincoln's mandate to bring about the "literal or substantial destruction" of Gen. Robert E. Lee's retreating Army of Northern Virginia.

The 11-day period after Gettysburg was a battle of wits to determine which commander better understood the information he received, and directed the movements of his army accordingly. Prepare for some surprising revelations.

Woven into this account is the fate of thousands of Union prisoners who envisioned rescue to avoid incarceration in wretched Confederate prisons, and a characterization of how the Union and Confederate media portrayed the ongoing conflict for consumption on the home front.

"Lee Is Trapped, and Must Be Taken" is a sequel to Thomas Ryan's Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign, the recipient of the Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award and Gettysburg Civil War Round Table Distinguished Book Award.

©2019 Thomas J. Ryan and Richard R. Schaus (P)2020 Tantor

Unknown facts about the story

I liked the details in the story. I didn’t like the monotone reading, but you could understand him.

Unfair, but wonderfully done!

To look back at someone's actions years later with all the facts, a full stomach, an air conditioned room, no stress, and the knowledge of which "facts" were true or not is not even close to fair, but the amount of information packed into this book is amazing! I am so glad the author gathered so much information for us to consider. I heartily recommend this well written work!

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narrative was hard to follow as the intermingling of data and the constant repeating of dialogue

RR

This is a great book. I always wanted to know how Lee got away and the details about his retreating from Gettysburg.

Detailed and Well Written

So glad to see a deep book like this on audible. Thorough and complete, detailed.