Two mighty armies blunder toward each other, one led by confident, beloved Robert E. Lee and the other by dour George Meade. They'll meet in a Pennsylvania crossroads town where no one planned to fight. In this sweeping, savagely realistic novel, the greatest battle ever fought on American soil explodes into life. Tragedy unfolds for immigrants in blue and barefoot Rebels alike. And the fate of the nation is decided in a few square miles of fields.
