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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of a battle on the monitor.) Here's the Little Round Top location of the 20th Maine regiment; out of ammo & exhausted, the 20th led a bayonet charge to secure Meade's left flank & saved the day during this battle |
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2019-04-10 |
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Bret Harte tells of "John Burns", a senior citizen in this Pennsylvania town who took up arms in July 1863 |
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CIVIL WAR POETRY |
2019-01-16 |
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Petunia my lovely, this Pennsylvania battle goes on & we are to assault Culp's Hill! My life insurance policy is in the chifforobe |
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RECENTLY UNEARTHED CIVIL WAR LETTERS? |
2013-07-24 |
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Michael Shaara's 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner "The Killer Angels" tells the story of this 3-day battle |
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CIVIL WAR LITERATURE |
2012-12-14 |
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July 1, 1863:Good news, get to keep leg; bad news, I'm going to Cemetery Ridge for this Penn. battle |
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CIVIL WAR DIARY |
2010-12-27 |
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The First Minnesota Infantry lost 82% of its men on July 2, 1863, during this battle |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
2005-04-29 |
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In July 1863 Union General George Meade defeated Robert E. Lee at this battle |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
2003-12-03 |
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On Nove. 19, 1863 Edward Everett gave a 2-hour speech here; it preceded a much shorter & more famous one |
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CIVIL WAR PEOPLE |
2001-04-24 |
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On the first day of this battle, there was heavy fighting along Seminary Ridge |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
2000-02-16 |
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The greatest battle fought in the Western Hemisphere has the "address" of this small Pennsylvania town |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1999-09-07 |
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The Battle of Little Round Top was one of the bloody skirmishes in this 3-day battle in July 1863 |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1998-03-23 |
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Vicksburg surrendered July 4, 1863, 1 day after the South lost this major battle |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1996-09-11 |
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Killed by stray bullets, Jennie Wade is the only known civilian casualty of this 1863 Pennsylvania battle |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1996-05-20 |
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In this 1863 battle, Union troops formed a defensive position along Cemetery Ridge |
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1995-07-12 |
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In Nov. 1863 Edward Everett gave the long oration at the dedication of the National Cemetery here |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1995-04-20 |
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Paul Revere's grandson Colonel Paul Joseph Revere was mortally wounded at this Penn. battle |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1995-03-30 |
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In this July 1863 Pennsylvania battle, the Southern lines were north of the Northern lines |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1995-01-02 |
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Shooting began in this Penn. battle when Confederates searching for shoes ran into Union cavalry |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1994-01-12 |
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On the third day of this Pennsylvania battle, the Union Army's position resembled a giant fishhook |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1993-12-07 |
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain won the medal of honor for defending Little Round Top at this Penn. battle |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1992-10-13 |
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This northernmost major battle of the war saw over 40,000 casualties |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1990-09-14 |
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In this 1863 battle the Union forces were on Cemetery Ridge |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1990-05-09 |
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Lincoln was asked to make a "few appropriate remarks" here November 19, 1863 |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1990-03-30 |
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A few days after being made head of the Union's Potomac army, Gen. Geo. Meade had to run this Penn. battle |
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CIVIL WAR GENERALS |
1990-02-06 |
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This battle was Lee's last major offensive |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1988-11-02 |
#958 |
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In this northern battle, Union troops on Cemetery Ridge faced Confederates on Seminary Ridge |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1988-06-17 |
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Edward Everett's 2-hour long 1863 oration at this Penn. site was followed by a 2-minute speech by Lincoln |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1988-02-10 |
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