Description: "Twenty years after the war, Jacob Hoke, a merchant of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, went to considerable trouble to gather information & write a book about Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania in 1863. It was a credible job which has become a basic reference work for anyone writing about Gettysburg in this day."--Civil War Times Illustrated. "Written by a native of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, this is a standard account of a Northern view on Lee's army on the way to Gettysburg."--Clifford Dowdey. "THE GREAT INVASION by Jacob Hoke has been considered a standard reference on the Battle of Gettysburg for over one hundred years. Bruce Catton, Edwin Coddington, Clifford Dowdey, Douglas Southall Freeman & Glenn Tucker are just a few of the famous Civil War authors whose bibliographies include Hoke's masterpiece. It is no wonder that after a century of writing on the subject, historians still look to THE GREAT INVASION as an accurate eyewitness account that includes the movements of the armies to Gettysburg, the three days fighting & the painfully slow withdrawal of the Confederate Army. THE GREAT INVASION is one of the great authoritative studies on the Battle of Gettysburg & will enhance any reader's perspective on the battle."--Publisher. Order from: Stan Clark Military Books, 915 Fairview Ave., Gettysburg, PA 17325; Phone: 717-337-1728; Fax: 717-337-0581.

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