{"product_id":"battles-leaders-of-the-henry-j-hunt-9781519431004","title":"Battles \u0026 Leaders of the Civil War: The First Day at Gettysburg","description":"\u003cb\u003eHenry Jackson Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e (September 14, 1819 - February 11, 1889) was Chief of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Considered by his contemporaries the greatest artillery tactician and strategist of the war, he was a master of the science of gunnery and rewrote the manual on the organization and use of artillery in early modern armies. His courage and tactics affected the outcome of some of the most significant battles in the war. In 1856 Hunt was a member of a three-man board that revised field artillery drill and tactics for the army. The \u003ci\u003eInstructions for Field Artillery\u003c\/i\u003e manual written by the three was published by the War Department in 1861 and was the \"bible\" of Northern field artillerists during the war. He was a principal proponent of the organizational doctrine that allowed infantry brigades to retain artillery batteries for close-in support, but that moved batteries formerly assigned to divisions and corps to an Artillery Reserve at the army level for more strategic control.\u003cbr\u003eHunt's most important role during the war came at Gettysburg, especially on Day 3. Although Hunt was involved in the artillery the previous two days, it was his handling of the artillery was conspicuous in the repulse of Pickett's Charge on July 3. In particular, with the Union line on Cemetery Ridge under massive bombardment, Hunt was able to resist command pressure that would have expended all his ammunition in counter-battery fire, reserving sufficient amounts for anti-personnel fire in the attack he knew was coming. Additionally, his orders to cease firing fooled the Confederates into thinking his batteries were destroyed, thus allowing Pickett's Charge to proceed. Once it did, Hunt's concealed placement of Lt. Col. Freeman McGilvery's batteries north of Little Round Top caused massive casualties in the infantry assault. He was rewarded for his service with the brevet of colonel in the regular army. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter the war, the artillery chief wrote a critically acclaimed account of the Battle of Gettysburg, covering all three days in separate essays within the well known and highly regarded \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBattles \u0026amp; Leaders \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eseries. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry J. Hunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1519431007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781519431004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.05d","brand":"Henry J. Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482507534591,"sku":"9781519431004","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64b049e5-ab49-48e1-8493-790c7bbb9b74.jpg?v=1715998735","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/battles-leaders-of-the-henry-j-hunt-9781519431004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}