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The Battle Of Gettysburg
July 1-3 1863
In July of 1863, General Robert E. Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia of 75,000 men and the 97,000 man Union Army Of The Potomac under General George G. Meade met, by chance, when a Confederate brigade sent forward for supplies observed a forward column of Meade's cavalry.
Of the more than 2,000 land engagements of the Civil War, Gettysburg ranks supreme. Although the Battl ....
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.... back, after the addition of John Reynold's Infantry division (and Reynold's subsequent death on the front lines). They prevailed until afternoon, when they were overpowered by additional southern troops, and driven back through town. In the confusion, thousands of Union soldiers were captured before they could rally on Cemetery Hill, south of town. Long into the night Union troops labored over their defenses while the bulk of Meade's army arrived and took positions.
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ADDITIONAL FEATURED ESSAYS
The Killer Angels
Opinion and Commentary
In the novel The Killer Angels, Mr. Shaara's historical accuracy is
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The Battle Of Gettysburg
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent, a new nation conceived
About Gettysburg
The nineteenth century was an era of great technological change that extremely changed the scope of
Gettysburg
is arguably the Army of the Potomac's only great victory on the battlefield. Army of the Potomac'
History After 1820
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