All posts tagged "Battle of Gettysburg"
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16.4KPolitics and MilitaryAmbrose Burnside, The Sideburned Civil War Commander Who Didn’t Want The Job
When Ambrose Burnside received his orders to take command of the Army of the Potomac in November of 1862, it was said...
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10.1K2New HampshireCol. Edward Cross Leads the Fifth New Hampshire ‘Raging Like a Lion’
Tough, hard-fighting Col. Edward Cross wore a red bandanna on his head when he led the men of the Fifth New Hampshire...
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5.0K1MaineAbner Small, Civil War Hero, Imprisoned in Confederate Hell Hole
Abner Small of Waterville, Maine, narrowly evaded capture at the Battle of Gettysburg, only to be taken prisoner of war 13 months...
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