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    ABNER DOUBLEDAY’S REVENGE

    May 21, 2019 4 minutes
    By Gary W. Gallagher

    HE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG STOOD SUPREME in its ability to spark postwar controversies among officers in both the Confederate and Union high commands. Infighting among former generals of the Army of Northern Virginia has garnered the most attention from historians, resulting in a sizable literature that features James Longstreet playing villain to Jubal A. Early and other Lost Cause warriors who sought to absolve Robert E. Lee of all responsibility for defeat. J.E.B. Stuart, Richard S. Ewell, and A.P. Hill held supporting roles in these long-running debates that filled many pages in the , personal memoirs, and other

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