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The Gettysburg Trilogy

The Gettysburg Trilogy is an alternate-history Civil War sequence that begins by changing the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg. A Confederate victory gives Robert E. Lee the initiative, opening a campaign against Washington while Abraham Lincoln turns to Ulysses S. Grant to rebuild the Union war effort.

Across the three novels, real commanders and political leaders are placed inside a plausible but invented continuation of the war. The series uses logistics, command decisions, public morale and battlefield manoeuvre to explore how a different Gettysburg might have altered the struggle without abandoning the institutions, personalities and military constraints of 1863.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

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1. Gettysburg

William R. Forstchen

4.5(636)

The first volume of the alternate-history trilogy returns to the Gettysburg campaign of 1863 and changes its decisive choices. Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia are given a path to victory, while Union commanders struggle to respond to a battle that no longer…

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2. Grant Comes East

William R. Forstchen

4.5(345)

After the trilogy’s Confederate victory at Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee drives toward Washington in an attempt to convert battlefield success into political victory. Abraham Lincoln refuses to concede the Union cause and turns to Ulysses S. Grant, fresh from the western theatre, to create a force…

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3. Never Call Retreat

William R. Forstchen

4.6(565)

In August 1863, the alternate Civil War reaches its final crisis. Robert E. Lee has failed to break Washington but still possesses an army capable of forcing a political settlement, while Ulysses S. Grant brings a newly organised Union force into Maryland. Both commanders must fight…