Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War - Hardcover

by Tom McMillan (Author)

Tom McMillan sets the record straight on the Civil War friendship between Union general Winfield Hancock and Confederate general Lewis Armistead. Part biography and part history, this book clarifies the record with new information and fresh perspective, reversing misconceptions about an amazing story of two friends that has defined the Civil War.

Author Biography

Tom McMillan, a lifelong student of the Civil War, has served on the board of trustees of Pittsburgh's Heinz History Center, the board of directors of the Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial, and the marketing committee of the Gettysburg Foundation. His previous books are Flight 93: The Story, The Aftermath and The Legacy of American Courage on 9/11 (2014) and Gettysburg Rebels: Five Native Sons Who Came Home to Fight as Confederate Soldiers (2017), which won the Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award. He retired after a forty-three-year career in sports media and communications. McMillan lives in Pittsburgh.