#309- GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN (Part the Thirteenth)

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#309- GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN (Part the Thirteenth)

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Jan 20, 2020

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In which we find Hooker marking time below the Potomac, Lee orders Ewell to move north into Pennsylvania, and we wonder Jeb Stuart was allowed to ride off, away from the Army of Northern Virginia.

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Jan 20, 2020

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