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The fighting at Gettysburg, Pa., began on July 1, 1863, when a Confederate division commanded by Maj. Gen. Henry Heth of Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill’s 3rd Corps advanced down the Cashtown Pike to discover the ...

Many of the men killed at Gettysburg died with sore feet. Having worn brogans - the standard-issue shoes for Civil War soldiers - for days at a time, I can tell you they are instruments of torture.

In years since the Battle of Gettysburg, it has been called the high-water mark of the Confederacy - the beginning of the end of its hopes for succession from the Union. Historians develop different ...

1. Lee thought he could demoralize Union forces by invading Pennsylvania. In late spring 1863, the Union Army captured Vicksburg, Mississippi. Union generals hoped to split the Confederacy in half and ...

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